INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….4
CHAPTER I. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE STUDY OF THE METAPHOR
1.1. Metaphor from the standpoint of linguistics and linguoculturology…………..9
1.2. Basic and modern approaches to the study of metaphors…………………….16
Outcomes of the first chapter……………………………………………………25
CHAPTER II. FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF METAPHORS IN ENGLISH LITERARY DISCOURSE
2.1. Metaphor in a work of fiction as the basis of the writer's individual style…………………………………………………………………………….…27
2.2. Models of metaphors in English fiction texts and features…………………………………………………………….…………….37
2.3. Semantic features of metaphor in the poetry of R. Burns…………………………………………………………………………….47
Outcomes of the second chapter………………………………………………..50
CHAPTER III. APPLICATION OF MATERIAL FOR TEACHING METAPHORS
3.1 The model of teaching metaphors functioning in the English literary discourse at the English classes…………………………………………………………….. 54
3.2 Organization of experiment and its results……………………………………63
Outcomes of the third chapter…………………………………………………..70
CONCLUSION..……………………………………………………………… 72
USED LITERATURE…………………………………………………………..75
GLOSSARY..…………………………………………………………………….83
APPENDIX……...……………………………………………………………….84
