Metáfora como um recurso presente, na linguagem, no pensamento e nas ações : uma análise do discurso do presidente Lula

Abstract

This research focuses on the study of metaphors given by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on the functional scope of language in order to see the metaphor as a resource in everyday life. The analysis are mainly based on the theories of Lakoff; Johnson (2002) and Neves (2004). In this essay, we propose a study on the metaphors of life, taken from cognitive semantics in order to show them as a feature in language, thought and actions, as it manifests itself, usually unconsciously. This study aims to also examine the functional aspect of language, the metaphors in the speech of President Lula, because we know how much he uses them, and how this feature can effectively promote its interaction with the people his audience. We also intend to show the importance of metaphor as a linguistic metassema, inherent to human beings, not just to the literary world, as a way to exposing this figure of speech in a field almost unknown to most people, the one of being present in everyday life.