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Keshavarz, Fatemeh and Habibollah Ghassemzadeh. 2008. Life as a stream and the psychology of “moment” in Hafiz’ verse: Application of the blending theory. Journal of Pragmatics 40 (10) : 1781–1798.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

Using domain mapping and blending theories of metaphor, this paper explores a well-known verse by Hafiz of Shiraz, in which life is conceptualized as a stream. It is concluded that the major function of metaphors consists in offering a shift from one frame to another, based on an emergent structure. The reader plays an active role in this shifting process.