Where Metaphors Come From: Reconsidering Context in Metaphor
Author:   Zoltán Kövecses (, E^Dtv^Ds Loránd University, Budapest)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190224868


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   12 March 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Zoltán Kövecses (, E^Dtv^Ds Loránd University, Budapest)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780190224868


ISBN 10:   019022486
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   12 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Metaphor, embodiment, and context Chapter 2: Meaning making Chapter 3: The conceptual system Chapter 4: Contextual factors Chapter 5: Metaphor and culture Chapter 6: Context and metaphorical creativity Chapter 7: Context and poetic metaphor Chapter 8: The conceptual context of linguistic humor Chapter 9: Happiness in context Chapter 10: Metaphor and context References Index

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[KA vecses] provides good examples from a variety of contextual and cultural situations and includes several chapters on the cognitive aspects of linguistic humor. Recommended. P. J. Kurtz, CHOICE


This newest addition to the Kovecses canon will stand as one of his most engaging and conclusive works. Thus, it is highly recommended for all metaphor researchers and scholars. For a broader readership, the book is engaging as well as pedagogical. Thus, it is highly recommended as a fine overall introduction to the cognitive linguistics of metaphor and as an exceptional overview of the important roles of culture, history, and of course, context in figurative communication. Robert R. Hoffman & Yorick Wilks, Metaphor and Symbol [KA vecses] provides good examples from a variety of contextual and cultural situations and includes several chapters on the cognitive aspects of linguistic humor. Recommended. P. J. Kurtz, CHOICE


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Zoltán Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University.

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