Water in our mouth: food metaphors in the Portuguese language

Martins, Cláudia

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Water in our mouth: food metaphors in the Portuguese language

2015Book part

dc.contributor.author	Martins, Cláudia
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-30T14:06:56Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-30T14:06:56Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	This article intends to demystify the conventional approach to metaphors, which have been traditionally regarded as a mere poetic and imaginative device, as well a means for rhetorical flourish. In order to achieve this purpose, we focus on some basic considerations about figurative language (versus literal language) and the tropes, namely the simile, the synecdoche and the metonymy. From this, we introduce the approach of cognitive linguistics, especially that represented by Lakoff & Johnson (1980), that highlights the importance of metaphors in structuring and organising our thoughts and actions, enabling at the same time to understand extralinguistic reality. Having established the theoretical context, we put forth a set of metaphorical expressions in Portuguese, related to the conceptual domain of food, which are analysed in terms of their meaning and the identification of their underlying metaphor and are provided with a context taken from the Portuguese newspaper Público. Therefore, we aim at proving that even the most basic of areas of life, such as food, are fraught with metaphors.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Martins, Cláudia Susana Nunes (2015). Water in our mouth: food metaphors in the Portuguese language. In Silva, Elisabete; Pais, Clarisse; Pais, L.S. (Eds.) - Teaching Crossroads: 11th IPB Erasmus Week. Bragança: Instituto Politécnico. p. 25-41. ISBN 978-972-745-210-1	pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn	978-972-745-186-9
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/17489
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Instituto Politécnico de Bragança	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Cognitive Linguistics	pt_PT
dc.subject	Figurative language	pt_PT
dc.subject	Tropes	pt_PT
dc.subject	Conceptual metaphor	pt_PT
dc.subject	Food metaphors	pt_PT
dc.title	Water in our mouth: food metaphors in the Portuguese language	pt_PT
dc.type	book part
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Bragança	pt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage	41	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	25	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Teaching Crossroads: 10th IPB Erasmus Week	pt_PT
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person.givenName	Cláudia
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