Metaphor

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Metaphor: A Practical Introduction
"Metaphor scholars and students have fór years suffered from the lack of a comprehensive introduction to the topic of metaphor in language, thought, and culture. Fortunately, Zoltán Kövecses has Written a wonderful book that provides a clear, systematic discussion of metaphor. His book is interesting to reád, has many vivid examples, and outlines the major theoretical approach to metaphor in contemporary metaphor studies. I will use this book in many of the courses I teach and will refer to it frequently in pursuing my own research on metaphor." —Ray Gibbs, Üniversity of California at Santa Cruz
"A first rate and long-needed book. This is the most detailed and thorough-going account we have of the most important issues in metaphor, metonomy, and related topics in the emerging discipline of cognitive linguistics. Although Kövecses is one of the world's top half-dozen scholars on metaphor, his work is nevertheless accessible and... Tovább

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Praise for
Metaphor: A Practical Introduction
"Metaphor scholars and students have fór years suffered from the lack of a comprehensive introduction to the topic of metaphor in language, thought, and culture. Fortunately, Zoltán Kövecses has Written a wonderful book that provides a clear, systematic discussion of metaphor. His book is interesting to reád, has many vivid examples, and outlines the major theoretical approach to metaphor in contemporary metaphor studies. I will use this book in many of the courses I teach and will refer to it frequently in pursuing my own research on metaphor." —Ray Gibbs, Üniversity of California at Santa Cruz
"A first rate and long-needed book. This is the most detailed and thorough-going account we have of the most important issues in metaphor, metonomy, and related topics in the emerging discipline of cognitive linguistics. Although Kövecses is one of the world's top half-dozen scholars on metaphor, his work is nevertheless accessible and versatile enough to be used by students as well as scholars. No one with a professional interest in metaphor can afford to be without this pioneering work."
—Donald C. Freeman, Üniversity of Southern California
"Kövecses' book is an excellent primer, highly useful in the classroom and invaluable to the student who seeks an introductory picture of the field."
—Mark Turner, Üniversity of Maryland
This clear and lucid primer fills an important need by providing a comprehensive account of the many new developments in the study of metaphor over the last twenty years and their impact on our understanding of language, culture, and the mind. Zoltán Kövecses outlines the development of the "cognitive-linguistic theory of metaphor" by first presenting important core ideas about metaphor, then explaining primary metaphor, metaphor systems, the "invariance principle," mental-imagery experiments, the many-space blending theory, and the role of image schemas in metaphorical thought. He then goes on to examine the applic-ability of these ideas to the analysis of literature, cross- and within-culture variation, historical semantics, politics, ethics, the study of language, and the conceptualization of emotional experience.
Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exer-cises, Metaphor is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor.
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