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PARTS OF A HUMAN BODY IN THEIR METAPHORICAL REPRESENTATIONS

PARTS OF A HUMAN BODY IN THEIR METAPHORICAL REPRESENTATIONS


Author:  A.P. Babushkin

Affiliation:  Voronezh State University

Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of metaphorical units nominating parts of a body from the standpoint of a human’s self-awareness and comprehension of the things surrounding him/her.

Keywords:  cognition, a body image, artificial things, metaphors

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