Corpus-Based Approaches to Metaphor and Metonymy

by Anatol Stefanowitsch, Stefan Thomas Gries, Stefan Th. Gries, et al.

Book Overview

The papers in this volume deal with the issue of how corpus data relate to the questions that cognitive linguists have typically investigated with respect to conceptual mappings. The authors in this volume investigate a wide range of issues - the coherence and function of particular metaphorical models, the interaction of form and meaning, the identification of source domains of metaphorical expressions, the relationship between metaphor and discourse,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110198274
• ISBN13: 9783110198270
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary