This article examines the application and semantic properties of conceptual metaphors in Ernest Hemingway's well-known novel, "The Old Man and the Sea." The text's "water" metaphors are analyzed, and the author's incorporation of cultural and religious connotations into these conceptual metaphors is explored.

Ernest Hemingway, The old man and the sea, conceptual water metaphors

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