This essay will try to promote a study about the language used in The Hour of The Star, by Clarice Lispector. A special attention will be given to the use of the metaphor as a way of understanding the many interpretations ...

This study analyzes the religious lyrical aspect of three Marian songs, collected from the book Cancioneiro Popular do Imigrante Italiano na Região de Colonização Italiana, and also intends to clarify, using metaphors and ...

Aiming at specifying the relation between metaphor and culture, this investigation approaches universality and variation in the metaphorical and metonymyal conceptualization of happiness. The analysis is made from data ...