Barbara Dancygier, Eve Sweetser

Figurative Language

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This lively, comprehensive and practical book offers a new, integrated and linguistically sound understanding of what figurative language is.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781107005952
• ISBN-10: 1107005957
• Artikelnr.: 40552263

Autorenporträt

Barbara Dancygier is Professor in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The basics of metaphor
3. Metaphoric structure: levels and relations
4. Mental spaces and blending
5. Metonymy
6. Grammatical constructions and figurative meaning
7. The cross-linguistic study of metaphor
8. Figurative language in discourse
9. Concluding remarks.

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1. Introduction; 2. The basics of metaphor; 3. Metaphoric structure: levels and relations; 4. Mental spaces and blending; 5. Metonymy; 6. Grammatical constructions and figurative meaning; 7. The cross-linguistic study of metaphor; 8. Figurative language in discourse; 9. Concluding remarks.

Rezensionen

'This book breaks new ground in the cognitive linguistic study of metaphor, simile and metonymy. A must read for anyone interested in figurative language, cognition and discourse.' Elena Semino, Lancaster University