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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818580003321

Titolo

Metaphor in cognitive linguistics [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from the fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Amsterdam, July 1997 / / edited by Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., Gerard J. Steen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1999

ISBN

1-283-15842-6

9786613158420

90-272-8401-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 175

Altri autori (Persone)

GibbsRaymond W

SteenGerard

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Metaphor

Cognitive grammar

Language and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

METAPHOR IN COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; KANT, BLUMENBERG, WEINRICH SOME FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COGNITIVE THEORY OF METAPHOR; METAPHORICAL MAPPINGS IN THE SENSE OF SMELL; WHEN A BODILY SOURCE DOMAIN BECOMES PROMINENT THE JOY OF COUNTING METAPHORS IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DOMAIN; FROM LINGUISTIC TO CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN FIVE STEPS; A TYPOLOGY OF MOTIVATION FOR CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR CORRELATION VS. RESEMBLANCE; BLENDING AND METAPHOR

SELF AND AGENCY IN RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE PERCEPTUAL METAPHORS FOR KNOWLEDGE AT A MARIAN APPARITION SITETAKING METAPHOR OUT OF OUR HEADS AND PUTTING IT INTO THE CULTURAL WORLD; METAPHOR DOES IT CONSTITUTE OR REFLECT CULTURAL MODELS?; METAPHORS AND CULTURAL MODELS AS PROFILES AND BASES;



CONGRUENCE BY DEGREE ON THE RELATION BETWEEN METAPHOR & CULTURAL MODELS; SUBJECT INDEX; NAME INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains a selection of refereed and revised papers originally presented at the 5th ICLC. After an introduction by the editors, the book opens with a long-needed chapter on historical precedents for the Cognitive Linguistic theory of metaphor. Two chapters demonstrate the method of lexical analysis of linguistic metaphors and how it can be fruitfully applied to a characterization of the conceptual domains of smell and economics. Three chapters deal with theoretical aspects of conceptual metaphor, one of which is a commissioned chapter on the relation between conceptual metaphor theor