Metaphor

副标题: A Practical Introduction

ISBN: 9780195145113

出版社: Oxford University Press, USA

出版年: 2002-01-24

页数: 320

定价: USD 24.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

This clear and lucid primer fills an important need by providing a comprehensive account of the many new developments in the study of metaphor over the last twenty years and their impact on our understanding of language, culture, and the mind. Beginning with Lakoff and Johnson's seminal work

in Metaphors We Live By, Kovecses outlines the development of "the cognitive linguistic theory of metaphor" by explaining key ideas on metaphor. He also explores primary metaphor, metaphor systems, the "invariance principle," mental-imagery experiments, the many-space blending theory, and the role

of image schemas in metaphorical thought. He examines the applicability of these ideas to numerous related fields.