الاستعارة و الحجاج : مكانة الاستعارات التصورية و وظيفتها في العمل الحجاجي

Abstract EN

This article examines a translation from Spanish into Arabic of the study carried out by the Chilean linguist, philosopher and sociologist, Cristián Santibáñez (Metaphors and Argumentation: Status and Function of Conceptual Metaphors in Argumentative Mechanism), which was published on the Chilean Revista Signos Magazine in 2009.

The translation starts with a summary of the study on how conceptual metaphors function and its analysis from the perspective of argumentative practice as well as the study's conclusion where the author concludes with a cognitive metaphorical analysis, which, if it seeks success from the argumentative perspective, has to be included in a theory that uses metaphors as tools subject to critical assessment.

The cognitive metaphorical analysis has also to distinguish, when appropriate, between when and why the use of conceptual metaphors turns into an error.

We provided the introduction of the translation in question and the methodology used therein, and then a faithful and authentic translation of the original text without ellipsis, including the introduction and the conclusions.