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Metaphor wars : conceptual metaphors in human life
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ISBN: 9781107071148 1107071143 9781107762350 9781107415553 1107415551 1108110355 1108109675 1108105580 1108111033 1108114431 1108111718 1107762359 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. We marvel at the creative dexterity of gifted speakers and writers for their special talents in both thinking about certain ideas in new ways, and communicating these thoughts in vivid, poetic forms. Yet metaphors may not only be special communicative devices, but a fundamental part of everyday cognition in the form of 'conceptual metaphors'. An enormous body of empirical evidence from cognitive linguistics and related disciplines has emerged detailing how conceptual metaphors underlie significant aspects of language, thought, cultural and expressive action. Despite its influence and popularity, there have been major criticisms of conceptual metaphor. This book offers an evaluation of the arguments and empirical evidence for and against conceptual metaphors, much of which scholars on both sides of the wars fail to properly acknowledge.


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The Cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought
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ISBN: 9780521600866 9780521841061 9780511816802 9780511438080 0511438087 0511437412 9780511437410 9780511436734 0511436734 9786611903350 6611903356 0521600863 0521841062 0521841062 0521600863 1139931172 1107175070 1281903353 0511816804 0511435959 0511435169 Year: 2008 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. 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 non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.

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