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Metaphor Networks

The Comparative Evolution of Figurative Language
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231 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Palgrave Macmillanerschienen am19.09.2007
Metaphor Networks focuses on the historical evolution of metaphor and proposes new theories on language change based on substantial empirical data. It explores how the metaphors of today are very often linked to images existing in the past and traces metaphor paths back to the Middle Ages and Antiquity.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextMetaphor Networks focuses on the historical evolution of metaphor and proposes new theories on language change based on substantial empirical data. It explores how the metaphors of today are very often linked to images existing in the past and traces metaphor paths back to the Middle Ages and Antiquity.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-230-50751-7
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2007
Erscheinungsdatum19.09.2007
Seiten231 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht436 g
IllustrationenXV, 231 p.
Artikel-Nr.14231489

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface PART 1: SYNCHRONIC NETWORKING The Role of Cognition Universal Trends Culture-Specific Conceptualisation Conceptual Equivalence and Translation PART 2: THE DIACHRONIC DIMENSION Cultural Patterns of the Past Metaphor and Semantic Networks Metaphor Paths in Base Concepts Germanic Influences in Old English Metaphor Death Historical Mindsets PART 3: HISTORICAL NETWORKS The Evolution of Love Metaphors: A Case Study Latinate-Based Origins in English Medieval Metaphor Historical Models of Love Metaphors References Indexmehr
Kritik
'[This book] may be recommended as a course book on semantics and metaphors. It reads fluently and contains many ideas suitable for discussion in a classroom, as well as providing an excellent source book for further research by students as well as experts.' - Heli Tissaria, Metaphor and Symbolmehr

Autor

RICHARD TRIM is Senior Lecturer in English Historical Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of Provence, France. He has published widely in these fields and has held lecturing posts in several European countries including Britain, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland.