The Role of Metaphor and Metonymy in the Semantics of Persian Adjectival Preverbs: A Cognitive Linguistics Approach

In this paper, a semantic classification for Persian adjectival preverbs based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory is presented: adjectival preverbs that demonstrate metaphorical shift and adjectival preverbs which lack metaphorical shift. The metaphors involved in the first subclass of adjectival preverb...

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Main Authors: Amirsaeid Moloodi, Manouchehr Kouhestani
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: Language Art 2017-04-01
Series:Hunar-i zabān
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Online Access:http://www.languageart.ir/index.php/LA/article/view/35