Metaphor: A Practical Introduction - Softcover

Kovecses, Zoltan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195374940 ISBN 13: 9780195374940

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2010

Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters-on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' -along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures.

Review:

An excellent introduction to conceptual metaphor, one which undergraduate students, graduate students, and general readers will find accessible yet thought-provoking. This edition has been significantly updated and improved, while retaining the features that have made it a well-loved book for students, such as clear expression, interesting exercises with a useful key, concise chapter summaries, and a very handy index of metaphors and metonymies. (Linguist List)

About the Author:

Zoltan Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0195374940
• ISBN 13: 9780195374940
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 375