| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 550 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The roots of metaphor -- Metaphor understanding -- Metaphor in language and culture -- Metaphor in reasoning and feeling -- Metaphor in nonverbal expression |
| Summary |
The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought offers the most comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has ever been published. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture, and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in nonverbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Metaphor.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Language and culture.
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Nonverbal communication.
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Metaphor
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Psycholinguistics
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Nonverbal Communication
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metaphor.
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psycholinguistics.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Language and culture
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Metaphor
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Nonverbal communication
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Psycholinguistics
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Metapher
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gibbs, Raymond W.
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| ISBN |
9780511438080 |
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0511438087 |
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0511437412 |
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9780511437410 |
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9780511436734 |
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0511436734 |
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9786611903350 |
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6611903356 |
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9780521600866 |
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0521600863 |
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9780521841061 |
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0521841062 |
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