UID:
edocfu_9959233671302883
Format:
1 online resource (396 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
0-19-988842-6
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1-282-56522-2
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9786612565229
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0-19-970531-3
Content:
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; 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
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18 Metaphor in Discourse19 How Does All This Hang Together?; Glossary; Solutions to Exercises; Bibliography; General Index; Metaphor and Metonymy Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-537494-0
Language:
English
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