GENERAL VIEW OF METAPHOR AND METAPHORIC IMAGES
Abstract
This article focuses on metaphor from a new point of view, as every one knows at present day modern linguistics regards this phenomenon not as a stylistic device only but cognitive process that can have wide functions usages in language and speech. The work focuses on conceptual usages of metaphor pointing out its links to cognitive process of a human-being.
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