Frames and constructions in metaphoric language

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Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 192
Series: Constructional approaches to language
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible to apply findings from Frame Semantics, Cognitive Grammar and Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Chapter 1. Metaphoric language and metaphoric thought, p1-16; 2. Chapter 2. Frames in metaphor and meaning, p17-34; 3. Chapter 3. Frames and lexical choice in metaphor, p35-48; 4. Chapter 4. Frames in metonymic inferencing, p49-62; 5. Chapter 5. Two types of adjective construction in metaphor, p63-86; 6. Chapter 6. Argument structure constructions in metaphor, p87-114; 7. Chapter 7. Metaphoric preposition phrases and closed-class items, p115-130; 8. Chapter 8. Repeated domain evocation and xyz constructions, p131-148; 9. Chapter 9. Metaphoric constructions beyond the clause, p149-166; 10. Chapter 10. Conclusion, p167-172; 11. References, p173-178; 12. Primary sources, p179-180; 13. Index of constructions, p181-182; 14. Index, p183-184
Abstract:

Shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Read more...

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