A trope is an expression transferred from its natural and principal signification to another, for the sake of embellishing speech (ornandae orationis gratia) … So let us begin from that trope which is the most common and much the most beatufiful—I mean transfer (tralatio), which is called metaphor (ueraçopá) in Greek.

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The Cultural Dimension of Cognitive Metaphorology

  • Yi Sun

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A trope is an expression transferred from its natural and principal signification to another, for the sake of embellishing speech (ornandae orationis gratia) … So let us begin from that trope which is the most common and much the most beatufiful—I mean transfer (tralatio), which is called metaphor (ueraçopá) in Greek.