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Author Duffy, Sarah E., author

Title Time, metaphor, and language : a cognitive science perspective / Sarah E. Duffy, Northumbria University, Newcastle, Michele I. Feist, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024

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Contents The theory of metaphor: from language to cognition -- Metaphor beyond language: testing the conceptual connections -- Time in space: cross-linguistic variation and metaphor -- Conceptualizing time through language and space -- Bringing in the cognizer -- Time across paradigms
Summary "Time is fundamental to human experience; we live through it and, thus, seek to better understand it - often by way of metaphor. By bringing together research from across disciplines, this pioneering book explores the array of interacting factors that together give rise to our metaphoric understanding of time"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Metaphor -- Psychological aspects
Time perception
Cognition
Form Electronic book
Author Feist, Michele I., author
LC no. 2023039101
ISBN 9781108150101
1108150101