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Frames and constructions in metaphoric language.

Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphori...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sullivan, Karen, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Colección:Constructional approaches to language.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible to apply findings from Frame Semantics, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar to understand how conceptual metaphor surfaces in language.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027272409
9027272409
9781283970853
1283970856