""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Metaphor, Embodiment, and Context""; ""2. Meaning Making""; ""3. The Conceptual System""; ""4. Contextual Factors""; ""5. Metaphor and Culture""; ""6. Context and Metaphorical Creativity""; ""7. Context and Poetic Metaphor""; ""8. The Conceptual Context of Linguistic Humor""; ""9. Happiness in Context""; ""10. Metaphor and Context""; ""References""; ""Index""
Summary
'Where Metaphors Come From' argues that what is known as 'conceptual metaphor theory' has stood the test of time. At the same time, it also suggests that the view of metaphorical grounding as proposed in the book augments and refines conceptual metaphor theory according to which conceptual metaphors are based on our bodily experience
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on December 18, 2014)
