Novelmetaphorisdifferentfromtheconventionalmetaphor.Thedistinctionbetweennovelmetaphorandconventionalmetaphorisnotclear-cutbutinadegreeofmetaphoricity.Inthesituation,whennovelmetaphorsarewidelyacceptedandgenerallyusedindailylife,theirmetaphoricalmeaningareneglectedbypeople,themetaphoricalcharactersdecreaseandtheybecomeconventionalmetaphors.ThetentativemodelBlendingRelevanceTheory(BRT)isanintegratedframeworkofthetwotheories:ConceptualBlendingTheory(CBT)andRelevanceTheory(RT),seekingtheoptimalrelevancefromthetwoinputspaces.
