Metaphor in culture : universality and variation /

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Author / Creator:Kövecses, Zoltán.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:xv, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5583901
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ISBN:0521844479
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-305) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: metaphor and the issue of universality
  • Part I. Universal Metaphors
  • 2. Metaphor: from language to body, and back
  • 3. Universality in metaphorical conceptualization
  • Part II.
  • 4. Cross-cultural variation
  • 5. Within-culture variation in metaphor
  • Part III.
  • 6. How components of conceptual metaphor are involved in variation
  • 7. Conceptual metaphors and their linguistic expression in different languages
  • 8. Metaphor in social-physical reality
  • 9. Metaphors and cultural models
  • Part IV.
  • 10. Causes of variation in metaphor
  • 11. Creativity: metaphor and blending
  • 12. Culture, coherence, conflict