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Metaphor and Metonymy across Time and Cultures

Metaphor and Metonymy across Time and Cultures Perspectives on the Sociohistorical Linguistics of Figurative Language - Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR]

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9783110335460
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton
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Language: English
Number of pages: 350
Weight: -1g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm