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Metaphor Wars - Conceptual Metaphors in Human Life (Paperback)
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Metaphor Wars - Conceptual Metaphors in Human Life (Paperback)
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The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic
within cognitive science and the humanities. We marvel at the
creative dexterity of gifted speakers and writers for their special
talents in both thinking about certain ideas in new ways, and
communicating these thoughts in vivid, poetic forms. Yet metaphors
may not only be special communicative devices, but a fundamental
part of everyday cognition in the form of 'conceptual metaphors'.
An enormous body of empirical evidence from cognitive linguistics
and related disciplines has emerged detailing how conceptual
metaphors underlie significant aspects of language, thought,
cultural and expressive action. Despite its influence and
popularity, there have been major criticisms of conceptual
metaphor. This book offers an evaluation of the arguments and
empirical evidence for and against conceptual metaphors, much of
which scholars on both sides of the wars fail to properly
acknowledge.
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