Based on conceptual metaphor theory (LAKOFF, (2002 [1980]; KÖVECSES, 2010b), metaphorical or potentially metaphorical expressions found in the Banco de Dados Interacionais (RONCARATI, 1996) a volume that contains transcripts of conversations recorded between November 1989 and January 1991 totaling about 270 minutes, are analyzed. Lasting between 5 and 30 minutes, the 13 conversations that make up this volume were segmented in 9927 intonational units (CHAFE, 1988; Du Bois et alii, 1992). Of these units, 82 metaphorical expressions were found that reveal source and target domains widely reported in the literature: PERSON, EMOTION, OBJECT, HUMAN BODY, ECONOMY and ANIMAL. This study confirms assumptions about the theory of conceptual metaphor, ...
A fim de demonstrar se termos concretos apresentam uma tendência em ocorrer cada vez mais abstratos ...
One of the greatest challenges of recent studies on metaphor in discourse is to articulate, systemat...
A análise que apresentamos insere-se no domínio da Linguística Cognitiva e resulta da aplicação dos ...
Based on conceptual metaphor theory (LAKOFF, (2002 [1980]; KÖVECSES, 2010b), metaphorical or potenti...
Inglês: Metaphoric linguistic expressions as an argumentative source in tourist brochuresThis resear...
The studies on language have emphasized the formal aspect, but mainly to the study of human language...
The purely cognitive representation of metaphor poses some difficulties. It is proposed that these d...
This paper aims to present the metaphoric language as a reflection of ways of thinking and reasoning...
This paper aims at demonstrating that metaphor is not simply a literary device, but an integral part...
The claim that metaphors are pervasive in everyday life (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 2002 [1980]) leads to the ...
The use of metaphors is seen by many people just as on ornamental resource found in literary genres...
The present study deals with the understanding of metaphors by foreign language learners. Ten lingui...
The article presents partial results of a research which is aimed at verifying how figurative langua...
Metaphors are figures of the speech where a word or phrase denoting a thing or a concept is used in ...
Esta pesquisa objetiva investigar a conceptualiza????o metaf??rica de categorias emocionais e est?? ...
A fim de demonstrar se termos concretos apresentam uma tendência em ocorrer cada vez mais abstratos ...
One of the greatest challenges of recent studies on metaphor in discourse is to articulate, systemat...
A análise que apresentamos insere-se no domínio da Linguística Cognitiva e resulta da aplicação dos ...
Based on conceptual metaphor theory (LAKOFF, (2002 [1980]; KÖVECSES, 2010b), metaphorical or potenti...
Inglês: Metaphoric linguistic expressions as an argumentative source in tourist brochuresThis resear...
The studies on language have emphasized the formal aspect, but mainly to the study of human language...
The purely cognitive representation of metaphor poses some difficulties. It is proposed that these d...
This paper aims to present the metaphoric language as a reflection of ways of thinking and reasoning...
This paper aims at demonstrating that metaphor is not simply a literary device, but an integral part...
The claim that metaphors are pervasive in everyday life (LAKOFF; JOHNSON, 2002 [1980]) leads to the ...
The use of metaphors is seen by many people just as on ornamental resource found in literary genres...
The present study deals with the understanding of metaphors by foreign language learners. Ten lingui...
The article presents partial results of a research which is aimed at verifying how figurative langua...
Metaphors are figures of the speech where a word or phrase denoting a thing or a concept is used in ...
Esta pesquisa objetiva investigar a conceptualiza????o metaf??rica de categorias emocionais e est?? ...
A fim de demonstrar se termos concretos apresentam uma tendência em ocorrer cada vez mais abstratos ...
One of the greatest challenges of recent studies on metaphor in discourse is to articulate, systemat...
A análise que apresentamos insere-se no domínio da Linguística Cognitiva e resulta da aplicação dos ...