بن علي رابح2023-06-042023-06-042020http://dspace.univ-msila.dz:8080//xmlui/handle/123456789/39158Cognitive linguistics has aimed at making a significant scientific revolution in modern linguistic studies where it has carried new and different notions than the early and old linguistics had, Figurative language has taken the lion's share in these contemporary studies, Scholars have focused on metaphor which has been present as way of thinking in all ة ّ كنولوجي ّ ةوالت ّ ةالعلمي ّ ربي ّ ةفيكتابالت ّ عليمي ّ االستعارةالت – ة ّ نةالرابعةابتدائي مقاربة عرفني ّ الس - بن عليرابح ة علوم اللغةالعربيةوآدابها ّ 2 ISSN 1112-914X - 2020/00/00 : التاريخ 00 : العدد 00:املجلد مجل different discourses rather than what it used to be a literary device used only by talented authors and poets. The latter has become a means of communicating and gaining knowledge, hence, it has emerged as didactic tool which contributes in simplifying and gaining knowledge, this research aims to shed light on the development of metaphor and its presence in the didactic discourse the case of Science and Technology textbook of 4th year primary school - cognitive approachMetaphor, Cognitive Linguistics, Way of thinking, Didactic discourse, Knowledge building.Article