CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR AS A FORMATION MECHANISM OF THE IMAGE COMPONENT OF THE CONCEPT INTEREST

CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR AS A FORMATION MECHANISM OF THE IMAGE COMPONENT OF THE CONCEPT INTEREST

Author:  Yu. A. Plotnikova

Abstract: 
The article reveals some peculiarities of the concept INTEREST content. The image component of the given concept is paid special attention to. The author considers conceptual metaphor as a formation mechanism of the image component and illustrates the language representation of some metaphorical models.

Keywords:  metaphorization, anthropomorphic properties, frequency of representations, construing the concept