Metaphor, which in the classical sense was a poetic tool for decorating the word, was introduced as the basis of thinking with the advent of cognitive linguistics. In this view, abstract things are understood in the form of tangible things, which are called conceptual metaphors. In this descriptive and analytic-descriptive study, the conceptual metaphor of infantile poetry was investigated in this study. . The results show that 51 cases of conceptual metaphor were used in the studied works, 38 of which were conceptualized with the help of "sweet" and 13 with "bitter" taste. Areas of origin These metaphors are "sweet and bitter" and areas of destination are "the good or the bad feeling of different things". Because 1. most metaphors are conceptualized by the children's favorite taste; 2. they are all ontological in accordance with children's view of the world; 3. with the most tangible evidence; The poets have been successful in adapting their poetic atmosphere to the children's morals and have composed poetry in accordance with their childlike tastes.
salahi,A. and nabizade Ardabili,N. (2025). The conceptual metaphor of tastes in childish poetry. (e10638). Language Studies, (), e10638 doi: 10.30465/ls.2025.26357.1780
MLA
salahi,A. , and nabizade Ardabili,N. . "The conceptual metaphor of tastes in childish poetry" .e10638 , Language Studies, , , 2025, e10638. doi: 10.30465/ls.2025.26357.1780
HARVARD
salahi A., nabizade Ardabili N. (2025). 'The conceptual metaphor of tastes in childish poetry', Language Studies, (), e10638. doi: 10.30465/ls.2025.26357.1780
CHICAGO
A. salahi and N. nabizade Ardabili, "The conceptual metaphor of tastes in childish poetry," Language Studies, (2025): e10638, doi: 10.30465/ls.2025.26357.1780
VANCOUVER
salahi A., nabizade Ardabili N. The conceptual metaphor of tastes in childish poetry. Language Studies, 2025; (): e10638. doi: 10.30465/ls.2025.26357.1780
