Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory

by Zoltán Kövecses

The phenomenon known as metaphor is an extremely complex mental event - we cannot capture its complexity if we tie ourselves to existing standard views on metaphor. This book offers fresh insight into metaphor, updating an established theory, conceptual metaphor theory (CMT), in the context of current cognitive linguistic theory, and clarifying many of the issues that researchers in the study of metaphor have raised against conceptual metaphor theory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108490875
• ISBN13: 9781108490870
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"