<p>This innovative volume provides a comprehensive integrated account of the study of conceptual figures, demonstrating the ways in which figures and in particular, conflictual figures, encapsulate linguistic expression in the fullest sense and in turn, how insights gleaned from their study can cont
Conceptual metaphor in everyday language
✍ Scribed by Lakoff George, Johnson Mark.
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 35
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
// The Journal of Philosophy, Volume 77, Issue 8 (Aug, 1980): 453-486
Conceptual metaphors are seen in language in our everyday lives. Conceptual metaphors shape not just our communication, but also shape the way we think and act.✦ Subjects
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Когнитивная лингвистика и лингвоконцептология
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