Cognitive metaphor in fictional text

The dissertation paper is devoted to the problem of Cognitive Metaphor. As theory of cognitive metaphor is of special interest to the researchers, the From the end of the XXth century till the present times, cognitive linguistics has become one of the most important directions in modern linguistics. Theory of cognitive metaphor plays an important role in this study. Theory of cognitive metaphor is studied by such scientists as George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, Chudinov I. S, Ashurova D. U, Kubryakova Е.С, V. Z. Demyankov and many others. The principal difference of cognitive metaphor from traditional one lies in the cognitive approach to the nature of the phenomenon. Cognitive metaphor is understood as way of thinking; as perception of the world. Cognitive metaphor is operated by domains and there exist certain prototypes that can be represented by numerous smaller types of cognitive metaphor.