Barbara Dancygier
Figurative Language (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
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- ISBN 13:
- 9780521184731
- author:
- Barbara Dancygier
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 258
- Dimensions:
- 15.2 x 1.5 x 22.8 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Linguistics
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Figurative Language: A Comprehensive Introduction This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending. It develops new tools for analyzing these concepts by grounding them in basic cognitive mechanisms such as categorization, frames, mental spaces, and viewpoint. The book provides in-depth analyses of examples, exploring multiple levels of complexity, and surveys figurative structures in different discourse genres. It helps students to connect figurative usage with the conceptual underpinnings of language, going beyond English to explore cross-linguistic and cross-modal data.
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