Concept in Definition ABC

It is known as a metaphor to the use of a expression with a different meaning and in a different context than usual.

The metaphor is a resource that both the psychology, the linguistics as literary theory used in their respective fields.

In literary theory, the metaphor will always appear as a resource literary, which will consist of pointing out two terms between which a certain likeness, one will be used literally and the other figuratively. Here the metaphor presents three levels: the tenor, which is what the metaphor refers to, the vehicle, which will be that. that is said, the term in a figurative sense and the foundation, which will be the relationship that arises and is made between the vehicle and the tenor.

For example, in the phrase Laura's eyes are the Mountain, mountain, will be the vehicle, the eyes the tenor and the foundation would be the honey brown color of the eyes. Traditionally, in the literature, metaphors have been used with two very clear objectives, on the one hand, to establish unprecedented relationships between words and finally discover unusual attributes in these, that is, multiply the normal meaning of words to mean what they mean and a lot of more possibilities.

Meanwhile, in linguistics, metaphor will be one of the main causes of what is known as semantic change, since in this field, the metaphor will be one of the most common forms of extension of the field of app in a lexical way and therefore capable of causing semantic changes, that is, a lexical form is used for a concept that shares some semantic characteristics with the most common concept designated by the lexical form. A clear example is the table leg, here it is clearly observed how a concept is named from a lexical form that designates another that has a similar functionality, because leg is called the part of an animal, although it is common to extend the use to elements that serve as support for objects.

And finally, psychology, usually immerses itself in the study, analysis and observation of those experiences or metaphorical stories that individuals live and the power they hold in their internal change.