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200 14$aThe contemporary theory of metaphor$b[electronic resource] $ea perspective from Chinese /$fNing Yu
210   $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub.$dc1998
215   $a1 online resource (288 p.)
225 1 $aHuman cognitive processing,$x1387-6724 ;$vv. 1
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-272-2353-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and indexes.
327   $aThe Contemporary Theory of Metaphor; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Contemporary Theory: A Review; Chapter 3. Emotion Metaphors; Chapter 4. The Time as Space Metaphor; Chapter 5. The Event Structure Metaphor; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index
330   $aThis comparative study of Chinese and English metaphor contributes to the search for metaphoric universals by placing the contemporary theory of metaphor in a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. The author explores to what degree abstract reasoning is metaphorical and which conceptual metaphors are culture specific, wide spread or universal in a cognitive and cultural context.The empirical studies presented reinforce the view that metaphor is the main mechanism through which abstract concepts are comprehended and abstract reasoning is performed. They also support, from
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606   $aMetaphor
606   $aChinese language$xFigures of speech
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aMetaphor.
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