COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF STUDYING SIMILES

COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF STUDYING SIMILES

Author:  A.A. Karpova

Affiliation:  Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin

Abstract: 
The article deals with possibility of using conceptual integration theory for studying similes, a brief description of the structure of simile is provided, some examples are given.

Keywords:  conceptual integration theory, similes, cognitive analysis