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Metaphor: Embodied Cognition and Discourse
Beate Hampe
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Description for Metaphor: Embodied Cognition and Discourse
hardcover. This book brings together leading metaphor researchers from a number of disciplines to unite the field of metaphor theory. Editor(s): Hampe, Beate. Num Pages: 355 pages. BIC Classification: CF; JMAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Metaphor theory has shifted from asking whether metaphor is 'conceptual' or 'linguistic' to debating whether it is 'embodied' or 'discursive'. Although recent work in the social and cognitive sciences has yielded clear opportunities to resolve that dispute, the divide between discourse- and cognition-oriented approaches has remained. To unite the field, this book brings together leading metaphor researchers from a number of disciplines. It collects major arguments and presents a wide variety of empirical evidence, placing special emphasis on the embodiment and socio-cultural embeddedness of cognition, as well as the multi-modal and social-interactive nature of communication. It shows that metaphor theory ... Read more
Metaphor theory has shifted from asking whether metaphor is 'conceptual' or 'linguistic' to debating whether it is 'embodied' or 'discursive'. Although recent work in the social and cognitive sciences has yielded clear opportunities to resolve that dispute, the divide between discourse- and cognition-oriented approaches has remained. To unite the field, this book brings together leading metaphor researchers from a number of disciplines. It collects major arguments and presents a wide variety of empirical evidence, placing special emphasis on the embodiment and socio-cultural embeddedness of cognition, as well as the multi-modal and social-interactive nature of communication. It shows that metaphor theory ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107198333
SKU
V9781107198333
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About Beate Hampe
Beate Hampe is Professor of Language and its Structure at Universität Erfurt, Germany. She is author of Superlative Verbs (2002) and the editor of From Perception to Meaning: Image Schemas in Cognitive Linguistics (2005).
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