Metaphor in Culture: Universality and Variation - Hardcover

Kövecses, Zoltán

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521844479 ISBN 13: 9780521844475

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Metaphor in Culture This exciting book proposes a new theory of metaphor variation. Full description

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Review:

'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

Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521844479
• ISBN 13: 9780521844475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334