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'Where Metaphors Come From' argues that what is known as 'conceptual metaphor theory' has stood the test of time. At the same time, it also suggests that the view of metaphorical grounding as proposed in the book augments and refines conceptual metaphor theory according to which conceptual metaphors are based on our bodily experience.

Metaphor --- Language and languages --- Cognitive grammar --- Variation --- Discourse analysis --- Metáfora --- Lenguaje y lenguas --- Análisis del discurso --- Semántica --- Filosofía --- Metáfora. --- Análisis del discurso. --- Semántica. --- Filosofía. --- Metaphor. --- Cognitive grammar. --- Variation. --- Discourse analysis. --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Psycholinguistics --- Grammar --- Pragmatics --- Métaphore --- Variation linguistique --- Analyse du discours --- Linguistique cognitive --- Linguistique cognitive. --- Métaphore. --- Variation linguistique. --- Analyse du discours. --- Cognitive linguistics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Parabole --- Figures of speech --- Reification --- Language and languages - Variation --- Language and languages - Discourse analysis