THE ROLE OF FIGURATIVENESS AND NOVELTY IN THE FORMATION OF METAPHORICALITY
Keywords:
metaphor, dead metaphor, basic meaning, conventionalisation, career of metaphorAbstract
Metaphor is a wide spread feature of both every day and poetic discourse. This article explores the essence of metaphoricity, in particular how it is shaped by its components – novelty and figurativity. It explains the role of these two elements in the metaphor classification as well as in metaphor interpretation.
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