Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; I. Foundations; II. Finding metaphor in grammar; III. Finding metaphor in usage; Conclusion; Evidence for metaphor in grammar and usage; References; Index; The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research
Summary
Cognitive linguists have proposed that metaphor is not just a matter of language but of thought, and that metaphorical thought displays a high degree of conventionalization. In order to produce converging evidence for this theory of metaphor, a wide range of data is currently being studied with a large array of methods and techniques. Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage aims to map the field of this development in theory and research from a methodological perspective. It raises the question when exactly evidence for metaphor in language and thought can be said to count as converging. It also
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-425) and index
