A cross-cultural analysis of heart metaphors

  1. Gutiérrez-Pérez, Regina
Revista:
Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI
  1. Guillén Nieto, Victoria (coord.)
  2. Vargas Sierra, Chelo (coord.)

ISSN: 0214-4808 2171-861X

Año de publicación: 2008

Título del ejemplar: Intercultural communication research

Número: 21

Páginas: 25-56

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.14198/RAEI.2008.21.03 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openRUA editor

Otras publicaciones en: Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses: RAEI

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Resumen

In this article we propose a cognitive model which results of metaphorical expressions gathered from dictionaries and thesauri and their later examination and classification. We begin with basic conceptual operations, such as reification and personification, to arrive at more complex metaphors which constitute the “Idealized Cognitive Model”.