Metaphor

Readership: Students and scholars of linguistics and language theory.

Zusatztext An excellent introduction to conceptual metaphor, one which undergraduate students, graduate students, and general readers will find accessible yet thought-provoking. This edition has been significantly updated and improved, while retaining the features that have made it a well-loved book for students, such as clear expression, interesting exercises with a useful key, concise chapter summaries, and a very handy index of metaphors and metonymies. Informationen zum Autor Zoltan Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary Klappentext Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters--on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' --along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures. Zusammenfassung Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises! Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters-on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion'-along with new exercises! responses to criticism and recent developments in the field! and revised student exercises! tables! and figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: What Is Metaphor? 2: Common Source and Target Domains 3: Kinds of Metaphor 4: Metaphor in Literature 5: Nonlinguistic Realizations of Conceptual Metaphors 6: The Basis of Metaphor 7: The Partial Nature of Metaphorical Mappings 8: Cognitive Models, Metaphors, and Embodiment 9: Metaphorical Entailments 10: The Scope of Metaphor 11: Metaphor Systems 12: Another Figure: Metonymy 13: The Universality of Conceptual Metaphors 14: Cultural Variation in Metaphor and Metonymy 15: Metaphor, Metonymy, and Idioms 16: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Study of Language 17: Metaphors and Blends 18: Metaphor in Discourse 19: How Does All This 20: Hang Together? Glossary Solutions to Exercises References General Index Metaphor and Metonymy Index ...

Auteur
Zoltan Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

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Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters--on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' --along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures.

Contenu

• 1: What Is Metaphor?

• 2: Common Source and Target Domains

• 3: Kinds of Metaphor

• 4: Metaphor in Literature

• 5: Nonlinguistic Realizations of Conceptual Metaphors

• 6: The Basis of Metaphor

• 7: The Partial Nature of Metaphorical Mappings

• 8: Cognitive Models, Metaphors, and Embodiment

• 9: Metaphorical Entailments

• 10: The Scope of Metaphor

• 11: Metaphor Systems

• 12: Another Figure: Metonymy

• 13: The Universality of Conceptual Metaphors

• 14: Cultural Variation in Metaphor and Metonymy

• 15: Metaphor, Metonymy, and Idioms

• 16: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Study of Language

• 17: Metaphors and Blends

• 18: Metaphor in Discourse

• 19: How Does All This

• 20: Hang Together?

• Glossary

• Solutions to Exercises

• References

• General Index

• Metaphor and Metonymy Index