Where Metaphors Come from: Reconsidering Context in Metaphor
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In Where Metaphors Come From, Zolt n K vecses proposes a metaphorical grounding that augments and refines conceptual metaphor theory according to which conceptual metaphors are based on our bodily experience. While this is certainly true in many cases of metaphor, the role of the body in metaphor creation can and should be reinterpreted, and, consequently, the body can be seen as just one of the several contexts from which metaphors can emerge (including...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0190656719
ISBN13:9780190656713
Release Date:December 2016
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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