METAPHORICAL REPRESENTATION OF METAPHOR IN LINGUISTICS

The article deals with the phenomenon of metaphor use in linguistic texts dedicated to the study of Metaphor. Metaphor is one of the natural means of thought formation and wording in scientific search, it reflects knowledge processing and reasoning, and it is a means of linguistic representation of knowledge in science. In linguistic texts on Metaphor metaphors attain the role of metalanguage. Metaphorical modelling of the concept of Metaphor in linguistic texts helps to study the main peculiarities of this metalanguage and define its functions