LINGUISTIC STUDIES OF METAPHOR: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Abstract

The article gives a brief theoretical overview of the linguistic research of metaphor over the past 30 years. With the help of the linguistic analysis of the linguistic discourse, the authors reveal the evolution of linguistic ideas of metaphor, starting with “trope”, or “figure of speech” based on the secondary lexical nomination, to “cognitive model”, or “metaphor model”, and the instrument to study this model at the same time. The authors analyze linguistic papers that suggest ways to restore the “hidden” components of the metaphor, as well as theoretical views on the difference and, on the contrary, the similarity between metaphors and other words used figuratively. The article emphasizes the problem of the ontology of the object under study (the metaphor) and the epistemology of its study. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the formation of modern linguistic reflection on the problems of metaphors dominant in the mainstream of the cognitive approach in the context of digital transformation of the general scientific paradigm of thinking.