Extended Cognitive Metaphor as the Exponent of Metaphor Clustering in W.S. Churchill’s Discourse

Abstract

The paper aims to explore the interaction and functioning of a set of cognitive metaphors within the text fabric, which form an extended metaphor. The extended metaphor, in its turn, is viewed as part of such a phenomenon as metaphorical clustering. A cluster of several and more metaphors within a particular text fragment enhances cognitive and appellative functions of this linguistic and cognitive phenomenon. Thus, on the one hand, a group of metaphors allows for a more holistic image of a certain object described. On the other hand, this phenomenon helps one penetrate into deeper layers of the individual picture of the world and to examine some specific individual characteristics concerning the processes of reality categorization and conceptualization, reflected in the nomination of objects and phenomena of the world around us. The author demonstrates that the extended cognitive metaphor can encompass a group of metaphors with a single source domain (source domain, donor), as well as a set of metaphors units with different source domains.

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