Metaphor and Metonymy in Food Idioms

In recent decades, the development of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, put forward by Lakoff and other scholars. In this light, metaphor and metonymy have been found to provide a semantic motivation for a considerable number of idiomatic expressions. Within this framework, the present contribution ex...

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Main Author: Isabel Negro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/4/3/47