METAPHORICAL RECONSIDERATION OF SPACE
The article traces the evolution of the theory of metaphor. Isolated by consciousness of the person and presented to semantics of appropriating units, spatial signs can be reinterpreted, be exposed metaphorization, which spatial semantics of language forms it should be admitted dominating over transformation. The special attention is given to the framework referred to as 'conceptual metaphor theory' and a more recent framework referred to as the theory of 'blending'. Following the proponents of these theories we argue that a full understanding of the conceptual processes that underlie the metaphor require both a rich theory of metaphor and a fully specified model of conceptual blending. We conclude with the exemplifying the realization of this theory. The role of such fundamental concept as “space” is also considered.