Types and the role of metaphor in the press of Russia, Great Britain, the USA and Canada (based on the newspaper articles on the issues of the state, society and the press relations)
The article outlines how linguistic and cognitive metaphors and metaphorical context convey author's assessment of the issues discussed, associative links with past experience and background knowledge of the readers, ideological, social and cultural values and norms. The article reveals exact metaphors used in the Press, the message they contain and ideological evaluation they involve.