The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought (Hardcover)

A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	June 2008
Editors:	Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	566
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-84106-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
LSN:	0-521-84106-2
Barcode:	9780521841061

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