| Metaphor and Metonymy Across Time and Cultures: Perspectives on the Sociohistorical Linguistics of Figurative Language Contributor(s): Díaz-Vera, Javier E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110555093 ISBN-13: 9783110555097 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 808 |
| Series: Cognitive Linguistics Research |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.27 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book explore some of the different ways new metaphoric and metonymic expressions emerge and spread among speech communities, and how these changes can be related to the need to encode ongoing social and cultural processes in the language. They cover a wide series of languages and historical stages. |
Contributor Bio(s): Diaz-Vera, Javier E.: - Javier E. Díaz Vera, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. |