https://popups.uliege.be/3041-539x/index.php?id=1344 This paper deals with the ongoing research on conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), introducing the notion of metaform, in order to link CMT with other dimensions of cultural symbolism, not just language. Specifically, it is argued that conceptual metaphors are types of forms that are created by various associative processes that can be called layering processes. Each layer onstitutes a type of abstraction that itself becomes a source for further abstract thinking nad modes of representation. Full text issues Volume 8 Fuzzy Logic, Linguistic Models of Knowledge and An... fr Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:18:37 +0200 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:35:15 +0200 https://popups.uliege.be/3041-539x/index.php?id=1344 0