الاستعارة في رواية اللص والكلاب لنجيب محفوظ: دراسة معرفية

Abstract EN

Metaphor in modern cognitive linguistic studies is no longer a linguistic transference in which an original meaning is replaced by another metaphorical meaning, and it is no longer a property of language as it has become tied to thought.

Metaphors regulate the individuals' perceptions, and allow them to understand their physical surroundings, and to build new perceptions, this particular conceptualization makes it something that cannot be added to the meaning, but creates that meaning, and makes us aware of the world we live in and gives meaning to the world around us.

Drawing on cognitive linguistics, the present article takes Lakoff and Johnson approach as a theoretical framework to the study of metaphors in "The Thief and the Dogs" by the Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz.