Metaphor in culture : universality and variation /

"In this book, Zoltan Kovecses proposes a new theory of metaphor variation. First, he identifies the major dimensions of metaphor variation, that is, those social and cultural boundaries that signal discontinuities in human experience. Second, he describes which components, or aspects, of conce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kövecses, Zoltán
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Metaphor.
Linguistic universals.
Language and languages > Variation.
Language and culture.
Cognitive grammar.
Metaphor
Métaphore.
Universaux (Linguistique)
Variation (Linguistique)
Langage et culture.
Grammaire cognitive.
metaphor.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Cognitive grammar
Language and culture
Language and languages > Variation
Linguistic universals
Metapher
Kulturvergleich
Sprachliche Universalien
Metaforen.
Taaluniversalia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : metaphor and the issue of universality
  • 2. Metaphor : from language to body, and back
  • 3. Universality in metaphorical conceptualization
  • 4. Cross-cultural variation
  • 5. Within-culture variation in metaphor
  • 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
  • 10. Causes of variation in metaphor
  • 11. Creativity : metaphor and blending
  • 12. Culture, coherence, conflict.

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