Zoltán Kövecses

Metaphor in Culture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an attempt to bring the Lakoff-Johnson view of metaphor closer to those who have an interest in the role of metaphor in complex social-cultural phenomena, such as emotions, politics, thought, morality, as well as cultural processes and entities such as time, life, and personhood.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521844475
• ISBN-10: 0521844479
• Artikelnr.: 14708558

Autorenporträt

Zoltán Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics, Department of American Studies, Eötvös Lorand University. He is the author of Metaphor and Emotion (2002), and Metaphor: A Practical Introduction (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: metaphor and the issue of universality; Part I. Universal Metaphors: 2. Metaphor: from language to body and back; 3. Universality in metaphorical conceptualization; Part II. Dimensions of Metaphor Variation: 4. Cross-cultural variation; 5. Within-culture variation in metaphor; Part III. Aspects of Metaphor Involved in Variation: 6. How components of conceptual metaphor are involved in variation; 7. Conceptual metaphors and their linguistic expression in different languages; 8. Metaphor in social-physical reality; 9. Metaphors and cultural models; Part IV. Causes of Metaphor Variation: 10. Causes of variation in metaphor; 11. Creativity: metaphor and blending; 12. Culture, coherence, conflict; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'The book is ... thorough and provides a good overview of existing theories before going on to develop these. ... an informative, readable and at times entertaining overview of metaphor and culture.' Psychologist