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LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: CREATION OF METAPHOR

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: CREATION OF METAPHOR


Author:  O.V. Dekhnich

Affiliation:  Belgorod State National Research University

Abstract
It is attempted in the article to define the cognitive status of metaphor. The focus is also on the relationship between language and culture. It is specially emphasized that metaphor can organize conceptual structures and change them in a way thus reflecting cultural models. The procedure of defining levels of analytic frameworks for metaphor is described.

Keywords:  metaphor, cognitive metaphor theory, cultural linguistics, culturally specific, model

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