O humor verbo-pictórico em expressões idiomáticas

Abstract

This study intend to discuss what are the cognitive process that triggers the conceptual metaphor and humour in two idioms: O bom cabrito não berra (FERNANDES, 2001, p. 87) e Engolir sapo (BALLARDIN; ZOCCHIO, 1999, p. 14). We hypothesize that the mechanism of humor in these idioms are motivated by the same metaphor ACQUIESCING IS SWALLOWING (GRADY, 1997, p. 294). We analyzed these two examples in the light of the approaches of Grady (1997), Lakoff (1999, 1987), Fauconnier e Turner (2002) e Kövecses (2005). It is argued that the effects of humor often depend on a metaphorical processes; understanding these effects requires consideration of the blending involved in these meaning generation.