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Metaphor and Discourse
Andreas Musolff
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Description for Metaphor and Discourse
Paperback. This book presents work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas, challenging the 'classic' Conceptual Metaphor Theory approach. It proposes innovative approaches in Cognitive Linguistics and beyond to solving tensions between conceptualist idealizations and empirically observable variation. Editor(s): Musolff, Andreas; Zinken, Jorg. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black & white tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic perspective.
The contributors present a coherent collection of work on the functioning of metaphor in public discourse and related discourse areas from a broadly cognitive-linguistic background, providing a state-of-the-art overview of research on the discursive grounding of metaphor from a cognitive-linguistic perspective.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
269
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137539984
SKU
V9781137539984
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99-15
About Andreas Musolff
KATHRYN BANKS is Lecturer in French, Durham University, UK JOHN BARNDEN is Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Birmingham, UK JONATHAN CHARTERIS-BLACK is Professor of Linguistics, University of West of England, UK PAUL CHILTON is Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK DAVID COWLING is Professor of French, Durham ... Read more
Reviews for Metaphor and Discourse
Through contributions by scholars from a wide range of disciplines such as linguistics, artificial intelligence, psychology, and politics, this volume offers an interdisciplinary, contextualized and synchronic-diachronic combined exploration of various aspects of metaphor in naturally occurring discourses... [It] is an excellent contribution for metaphor scholars, discourse analysts, and other researchers in relevant fields. - Discourse Studies