Metaphor in Culture Paperback: Universality and Variation - Softcover

Kövecses, Zoltán

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521696127 ISBN 13: 9780521696128

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Cognitive linguists have done important work on universal aspects of metaphor, but they have paid much less attention to why metaphors vary both interculturally and intraculturally as extensively as they do. In this book, Zoltán Kövecses proposes a new theory of metaphor variation.

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'The book is ... thorough and provides a good overview of existing theories before going on to develop these. ... an informative, readable and at times entertaining overview of metaphor and culture.' Psychologist

'It is well argued with a host of useful examples ... The book does provide a wealth of detailed and systematic theoretical material for those interested in how a cognitive approach of conceptual metaphors can usefully address variations in culture. I am sure that not only will it become a key resource for the cognitive linguistic researcher, but that all who study language in culture will find much to consider and reflect on.' Qualitative Research in Psychology

Biografía del autor

Zoltán Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics, Department of American Studies, Eötvös Lorand University. He is the author of Metaphor and Emotion (2002), and Metaphor: A Practical Introduction (2000).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521696127
• ISBN 13: 9780521696128
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336