The Ubiquity of Metaphor: Metaphor in language and thought

by Wolf Paprotte (Editor), René Dirven

This volume brings together a number of articles representative of the present outlook on the importance of metaphors, and of the work done on metaphors in several domains of (psycho)linguistics. The first part of the volume deals with metaphor and the system of language. The second part offers papers on metaphor and language use. In the third part psychological and psycholinguistic aspects of metaphor are discussed.

Genres: Linguistics

656 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985