Metaphor and Metonymy across Time and Cultures Perspectives on the Sociohistorical Linguistics of Figurative Language

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This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book explore some of the different ways new metaphoric and metonymic expressions emerge and spread among speech communities, and how these changes can b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Díaz-Vera, Javier E. (Editor, Herausgeber)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter De Gruyter Mouton 2015
Series:Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] 52
Subjects:
Figures of speech > Cross-cultural studies.
Language and culture.
Linguistic change > Cross-cultural studies.
Metaphor > Cross-cultural studies.
Metonyms > Cross-cultural studies.
Sociolinguistics.
Langage et culture.
Changement linguistique > Études transculturelles.
Métaphore > Études transculturelles.
Métonymie > Études transculturelles.
Sociolinguistique.
sociolinguistics.
Figures of speech
Language and culture
Linguistic change
Metaphor
Metonyms
Sociolinguistics
Metapher
Metonymie
Interkulturalität
Soziolinguistik
(Produktform)Electronic book text
(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft
(BISAC Subject Heading)LAN009000
EBK: eBook
(VLB-WN)9561
Cross-cultural studies
Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:Texto completo

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