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 ...

Autorentext
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.


Inhalt
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

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