The spatial language of time : metaphor, metonymym, and frames of reference /

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Author / Creator:	Moore, Kevin Ezra, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 42 Human cognitive processing ; v. 42.
Subject:	Space and time in language. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Temporal constructions. Metaphor. Metonyms. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Temporal constructions. Metaphor. Metonyms. Space and time in language. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11229645

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ISBN:	9789027270658 9027270651 1306705894 9781306705899 9789027223968 9027223963
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The Spatial Language of Time presents a crosslinguistically valid state-of-the-art analysis of space-to-time metaphors, using data mostly from English and Wolof (Africa) but additionally from Japanese and other languages. Metaphors are analyzed in terms of their most direct motivation by basic human experiences (Grady 1997a; Lakoff & Johnson 1980). This motivation explains the crosslinguistic appearance of certain metaphors, but does not say anything about temporal metaphor systems that deviate from the types documented here. Indeed, we observe interesting culture- and language-specific metaph.
Other form:	Print version: Moore, Kevin Ezra. Spatial language of time 9789027223968

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