The present article aims to show the previous analyzes of an ongoing research which is going to be taken as the bases for a Ph. D. Dissertation. In a research paper: Metaphors and Proposition (Bolsa PQ. 2010-2013), Moura proposes some issues related to the propositional content expressed by the metaphor in order to see if we can paraphrase the metaphor, so that the metaphorical sentence may be replaced by another which expresses the same proposition. He points out the relevance of this study backing its work in the various authors who currently also point out the cognitive value of metaphor. Faced with the impasse between metaphor X proposition, this research proposal follows the first line of inquiry appointed by Moura and takes as its theoretical framework (BLACK, 1993), analyzing the two components of the metaphorical statements: saying and showing: 2 Elements: SAY and SHOW
