Mapping English metaphor through time / / Wendy Anderson, Ellen Bramwell, and Carole Hough [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 420.143
• Soggetto topico: English language - Semantics; English language - Semantics, Historical; Metaphor
• Soggetto genere / forma: Conference papers and proceedings.; History
• Persona (resp. second.): AndersonWendy <1975->; BramwellEllen; HoughCarole
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The pursuit of metaphors / Andrew Prescott -- The metaphorical landscape / Carole Hough -- Metaphorical beasts in the history of English / Judith Paterson -- Plants as metaphorical headgear in English / Carole P. Biggam -- Food as a fruitful source of metaphor / Christian Kay -- Morbid curiosity and metaphors of death in the history of English / Beth Ralston -- The metaphorical qualities of cool, clear and clashing colours / Rachael Hamilton -- Waves of excitement, waves of metaphor / Wendy Anderson -- Metaphors of religious anxiety in Early Modern England / Kenneth Austin -- Madness, sanity, and metaphor / Ellen Bramwell -- The importance of Old English head / Antonette diPaolo Healey -- The metaphorical understanding of power and authority / Marc Alexander -- The dehumanized thief / Fraser Dallachy -- Metaphors of weapons and armour through time / Daria Izdebska -- Silent reading / Jane Roberts -- The case of address terms / Irma Taavitsainen -- Appendix: Mapping metaphor categories.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from 'The Historical Thesaurus of English'. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mapping English metaphor through time
• ISBN: 0-19-180582-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157810403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II