Metaphor Wars
«'Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr discusses serious issues clearly, eloquently, and always listening to the arguments raised by the critics. He patiently presents his counter-arguments and talks about the many research results produced by the conceptual metaphor theory community, and outside it, results that many of the critics have not even heard of or simply ignored.' Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest»
The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. We marvel at the creative dexterity of gifted speakers and writers for their special talents in both thinking about certain ideas in new ways, and communicating these thoughts in vivid, poetic forms. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781107415553
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«'Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr discusses serious issues clearly, eloquently, and always listening to the arguments raised by the critics. He patiently presents his counter-arguments and talks about the many research results produced by the conceptual metaphor theory community, and outside it, results that many of the critics have not even heard of or simply ignored.' Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest»
«'This book, by one of the top researchers in cognitive linguistics, is an important contribution to the debate about how people use and understand metaphor … Scholars and researchers engaged directly in metaphor research will find it essential reading.' PsycCRITIQUES»