The author presents some principles of Cognitive Linguistics useful in dealing with metonymy and metaphor as semantic resources in relation to idioms and proverbs. Beyond their interest for studies of Literature and Linguistics, these resources show how the human mind works.
Published on 31/03/95
Accepted on 31/03/95
Submitted on 31/03/95
Volume 10, Issue 1, 1995
DOI: 10.7203/caplletra.18.7382
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA license
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