Figurative meanings of lexemes in classroom teaching of lexis

The aim of this paper is to analyse figurative meanings lexemes from a cognitive linguistic perspective. analysis was conducted compare the lexeme “face” in English with their Croatian equivalents order support claim that are motivated by conceptual metaphor, general conventional knowledge and metonymy across languages. total examples provides basis for some generalizations be made regarding similarities differences between realizations abstract concepts which can used teaching lexis as foreign language. This research has shown kind approach one most effective