Corpus-Based Approaches to Metaphor and Metonymy (Mouton Select) (Trends in Linguistics: Studies & Monographs)

The papers in this volume deal with the issue of how corpus data relate to the questions that cognitive linguists have typically investigated with respect to conceptual mappings, The authors investigate a wide range of issues - the coherence and function of particular metaphorical models_ the interaction of form and meaning_ the identification of source domains of metaphorical expressions_ the relationship between metaphor and discourse_ the priming of metaphors_ and the historical development of metaphors,