Acknowledgement

First and foremost, I would like to thank my family for their love and continuous support to complete this research work. I would like to express my deep and sincere gratitude to prof. Kövecses, who introduced me to the wonderful world of metaphors. I am extremely grateful to prof. Farzad Sharifian for encouraging me to publish my manuscript. My completion of this project could not have been accomplished without the useful comments of the two anonymous reviewers. Finally, I would like to thank dr. Orsolya Farkas, the English proofreader who helped me to edit the final manuscript.