Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping /

An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Trim, Richard (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:	Linguistics. Applied Linguistics. Comparative Linguistics. Discourse Analysis. Historical Linguistics. Semantics. Social History. Applied linguistics. Comparative linguistics. Discourse analysis. Historical linguistics. Social history. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book