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1 online resource (264 pages) |
Contents |
BY WORD OF MOUTH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; A Survey of Metalinguistic Metaphors; Body Parts in Linguistic Action: Underlying Schemata and Value Judgements; Assessing Linguistic Behaviour: A Study of Value Judgements; Levels of Metaphorization: The Case of Put; Metaphtonymy: The Interaction of Metaphor and Metonymy in Figurative Expressions for Linguistic Action; From Three Respectable Horses' Mouths: Metonymy and Conventionalization in a Diachronically Differentiated Data Base; Metaphor, Schema, Invariance: The Case of Verbs of Answering |
Summary |
This volume contains seven synchronic and diachronic empirical investigations into the expression and conceptualization of linguistic action in English, focusing on figurative extensions. The following issues are explored: Source domains, and their relation to the complexities of linguistic action as a target domain. The role of axiological parameter, the experiential grounding of metaphors expressing value judgements and the part played by image-schemata, how value judgements come about and their socio-cultural embedding. The graded character of metaphoricity and its correlation with degree |
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Subject |
Cognitive grammar.
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Metaphor.
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Metonyms.
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Pragmatics.
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Values.
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Metaphor
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metaphor.
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metonymy.
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pragmatics.
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Cognitive grammar
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Metaphor
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Metonyms
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Pragmatics
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Values
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Electronic book
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Author |
Pauwels, Paul
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Rudzka-Ostyn, Brygida
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Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie
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Vanparys, Johan
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ISBN |
9789027282712 |
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9027282714 |
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1283222086 |
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9781283222082 |
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