Figurative Language

Produktbeschreibung

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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. 

Kritik

'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 

Autoreninfo

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

Sweetser, Eve
Eve Sweetser is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.