Finding metaphor in grammar and usage : a methodological analysis of theory and research /

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Author / Creator:	Steen, Gerard.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 430 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Converging evidence in language and communication research, 1566-7774 ; v. 10 Converging evidence in language and communication research ; v. 10.
Subject:	Metaphor -- Psychological aspects. Cognitive grammar. Concepts. Thought and thinking. Cognitive grammar. Concepts. Metaphor -- Psychological aspects. Thought and thinking. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11219003

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ISBN:	9789027291851 9027291853 9789027238979 9027238979
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-425) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Cognitive linguists have proposed that metaphor is not just a matter of language but of thought, and that metaphorical thought displays a high degree of conventionalization. In order to produce converging evidence for this theory of metaphor, a wide range of data is currently being studied with a large array of methods and techniques. Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage aims to map the field of this development in theory and research from a methodological perspective. It raises the question when exactly evidence for metaphor in language and thought can be said to count as converging. It also.
Other form:	Print version: Steen, Gerard. Finding metaphor in grammar and usage. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007

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