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language and is used in Conceptual metaphors have
everyday life. “Metaphor is two domains of source and
pervasive in everyday life, target. (Lakoff, 1993) Uses
not just in language but in target domain formulation
thought and action”. (Lakoff as the source domain. For
and Jonson, 1980: 4) example, in the conceptual
Accordingly, conceptual metaphor of “Marriage is
metaphor is different from journey”, marriage is target
literary metaphor and domain and journey is
thinking and mind have a source domain.
metaphorical nature. The domains of marriage
Lakoff and Johnson and journey are very
consider the conceptual similar; For example, the
system of man as hidden in similarities between spouses
his subconscious mind and and companions, life
they consider language as a problems and barriers to
representation to express it. journey, common goals of
“Language is an important spouses and common travel
treasure of evidence that destinations are among the
shows how this system similarities between marriage
works”. (Ibid:3) and journey.
Therefore, our conceptual In conceptual metaphor,
system cannot be understood a mapping is transferred
in a normal state and can be from source domain with a
understood with the help of more objective and
language. experiential concept to the
