Osnovni cilj ovog rada je da ispita odnos metafore i konteksta u literaturi iz oblasti kognitivne lingvistike, kao i da prikaže suprotstavljenost stavova vezanih za ovaj odnos. On najpre pruža kratak pregled razvoja teorije konceptualne metafore, kao jedne od centralnih tema u kognitivnoj lingvistici, a zatim metodom poređenja stavova na korpusu relevantne kognitivističke literature ispituje relaciju metafore i konteksta kod različitih autora i pokazuje kako su se tvrdnje i stavovi po pitanju odnosa metafore i konteksta menjali i dopunjavali prvobitnu teoriju. Nakon ovoga, rad prikazuje i dva stava vezana za odnos metafore i konteksta koja se suprotstavljaju glavnom toku razvoja ove teorije, a završna razmatranja bi trebalo da nam pomognu da steknemo potpuniju sliku o ovom specifičnom odnosu.

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the relation between metaphor and context in cognitive linguistic literature, as well as to show the diversity of positions towards this complex relation. Firstly, it provides a summary of the development of conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), one of the main topics in cognitive semantics and cognitive linguistics in general. Secondly, using the method of comparison and exploring the corpus which comprises the relevant books and papers on this topic, the paper reviews the manner in which the views on the relation between metaphor and context emerged and evolved during the development of the theory. The papers and books found in the corpus include authors such as George Lakoff , Mark Turner, Mark Johnson, Raymond W. Gibbs, Zoltán Kövecses and Vyvyan Evans. Finally, the paper provides the accounts of two authors (Stern and Leezenberg) who oppose the mainstream views on the relation of metaphor and context. The conclusion that follows ought to help us get a clearer picture of the mentioned relation.