Bidirectionality of Metaphor in Fiction: A Study of English Novels
One of the fundamental pillars of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) is that in any metaphorical mapping, the target domain constitutes a rather abstract concept while the source domain is more concrete. This argument entails that metaphors are unidirectional. In line with Kövecses (2010), the princip...
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| Language: | English |
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KARE Publishing
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Applied Linguistics Research Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=alrj&un=ALRJ-74936 |