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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Kövecses, Zoltán. Metaphor. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2001036570 (OCoLC)47297602 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Zoltán Kövecses |
ISBN: | 0195145100 9780195145106 0195145119 9780195145113 1602564566 9781602564565 9780198033165 0198033168 1280531762 9781280531767 9786610531769 6610531765 |
OCLC Number: | 70739824 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages) : illustrations |
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 Metaphorical Entailments; 9 The Scope of Metaphor; 10 Metaphor Systems; 11 Another Figure: Metonymy; 12 The Universality of Conceptual Metaphors; 13 Cultural Variation in Metaphor and Metonymy; 14 Metaphor, Metonymy, and Idioms; 15 Metaphor and Metonymy in the Study of Language; 16 Metaphors and Blends; 17 How Does All This Hang Together?; Glossary. |
Responsibility: | Zoltán Kövecses ; exercises written with Szilvia Csábi, Réka Hajdú, Zsuzsanna Bokor, & Orsolya Izsó. |
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Abstract:
This accessible primer provides a comprehensive account of the many developments in the study of metaphor over the last 20 years of the 20th century, and their impact on our understanding of language, culture, and the mind.
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