Analogy is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject -LRB- the analogue or source -RRB- to another particular subject -LRB- the target -RRB- , and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process .

To be more precise one can say that it is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject -LRB- the analogue or source -RRB- to another particular subject -LRB- the target -RRB- , and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process .
