Figurative language /

This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It coherently grounds the linguistic understanding of these concepts in basic cognitive mechanisms such as categorization,...

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Main Authors:	Dancygier, Barbara (Author), Sweetser, Eve (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:	Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
Subjects:	Figures of speech > Study and teaching. Metaphor > Study and teaching. Languages, Modern > Study and teaching. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.