Konceptualiosios metaforos tarpukario Lietuvos periodikoje: (remiantis savaitraščio "Lietuvos ūkininkas" pavyzdžiais)

ENThe aim of the present research is to discuss a variety of conceptual metaphors actualized in the weekly newspaper "Lietuvos ūkininkas". The material for the research comprises 195 metaphorical expressions collected from the articles and paragraphs related to the events and current issues of that time Lithuania. The newspaper issues of three months published in 1927 were selected for the analysis. The methods of conceptual analysis, interpretation, descriptive and statistical analysis were employed in the present study. "Lietuvos ūkininkas" is a quality newspaper aimed at villagers and published in 1918-1940, i.e. during the period of the independent Republic of Lithuania. Conceptual metaphors relate two areas of reality and allow to speak about one object on the basis of lexis related to another object, show the specifics of the world perception, reveal the assessment of real things and phenomena fixed in language userís consciousness. The conceptual metaphors related to HUMAN area are mostly actualized in the texts of a weekly newspaper "Lietuvos ūkininkas". They are employed while speaking about the struggle for power, the issues of governing the country.