The present study, within the framework of Battistella's metaphorical approach and Ruiz's approach, investigates the common metaphors about linguistic diversity to identify the most dominant and most prominent metaphr in the minds of social actors. The research data are is purposive sampling of Iranian press texts that deal with the issue of linguistics diversity and monolingualism in the period of Pahlavi dynasty to the present era. The research methodology is type a descriptive – analytic and data collection was carried out in a documentary resources.The findings show that the metaphor of "language as nation" has the highest percentage, which such a high frequency indicates that social actors, without considering the linguistic diversity and multilingual societies in the countries of the world, think that language and nation have a two-way relationship and with this misconception that arises from the metaphor of "language as nation", they argue that monolingualism causes the cohesion and unity of speakers in a nation.
Mohammadi, A. (2024). Analyzing common metaphors about linguistic diversity in the minds of social actors. Literary Discourse Analysis, 2(3), -. doi: 10.22034/lda.2025.143402.1042
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Mohammadi, A. . "Analyzing common metaphors about linguistic diversity in the minds of social actors", Literary Discourse Analysis, 2, 3, 2024, -. doi: 10.22034/lda.2025.143402.1042
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Mohammadi, A. (2024). 'Analyzing common metaphors about linguistic diversity in the minds of social actors', Literary Discourse Analysis, 2(3), pp. -. doi: 10.22034/lda.2025.143402.1042
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