Mapping English metaphor through time /

This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from 'The Historical Thesaurus of English'. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven...

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Other Authors:	Anderson, Wendy, 1975- (Editor), Bramwell, Ellen (Editor), Hough, Carole (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:	Metaphor > History > Congresses. Métaphore > Histoire > Congrès. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric. REFERENCE > Writing Skills. Metaphor Metapher Englisch Metaphor > History. Electronic books. proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings History Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès.
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Summary:	This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from 'The Historical Thesaurus of English'. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 321 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191805820 0191805823 9780191062025 0191062022 9780198744573 0198744579