Metaforien
Metaforien are figurative expressions that describe one concept in terms of another. In many languages metaforie form a core part of poetry, rhetoric, and everyday speech, helping speakers convey complex or abstract ideas through familiar imagery. A metaforie typically involves a source domain (the image used for comparison) and a target domain (the concept being described), with properties mapped from the former to the latter.
They can be categorized as conventional, widely used and often unconscious metaphors, or novel, providing new
The study of metaforien spans classical rhetoric and modern cognitive linguistics. In cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor
Metaforien appear in literature, political discourse, media, and everyday speech, influencing interpretation and persuasion. They are