Linguistic analysis of the conceptual metaphor of "love" in the poem of Amir Khosrow Dehlavi

Conceptual metaphor is one of the fundamental categories of cognitive linguistics. In cognitive theory, metaphor, as a phenomenon in the whole of language, is not exclusively oriented in the language of language. Conceptual metaphor is the only language that is not merely related to words, but is a process of human thinking. In conceptual metaphor, a conceptual domain is understood on the basis of another conceptual domain. Metaphor has rendered language from rhetorical rhythm to the level of means for deeper thought and supreme recognition. Considering the fact that Amir Khosrodehlouy is one of the most important indices in the classical Persian and Indian literature, according to the contribution In his development of sonnets, this paper examines the conceptual metaphor of love in the poem of Amir Khosrow Dehlavi. At first, a detailed account of the life of the Amir Khosrodehlouy, the definition of sonnets, conceptual metaphors, and, finally, the metaphor of love in the poetry of Amir Khosro Dehlavi. Because the concept metaphor has two moves from origin to destination, in two directions, vertical or horizontal, then we divide the metaphors according to the types of movement from origin to destination. Then we come up with their cognitive analysis, and in the end we conclude that the metaphor of love, with different themes, has been used in the poetry of Amir Khosrow Dehlavi. Amir Khosrow Dehlavi has been able to bring new meanings to love in two ways, the transfer of meaning and the change of meaning. And make a special symbol of it, and letting the reader to get more meaningful words by giving a suspension in the meaning of the words.