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Creating Worldviews: Metaphor, Ideology, and Language
James Underhill
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Description for Creating Worldviews: Metaphor, Ideology, and Language
Paperback. Explores avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German and Czech scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations & 8 b&w tables. BIC Classification: CFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482. Metaphor, Ideology and Language. 312 pages, 3 b&w illustrations & 8 b&w tables. Explores avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German and Czech scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: CFA. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight: 482.
This title explores metaphor theory in the work of contemporary European scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. It first offers a critical introduction to metaphor theory as it has emerged over the past thirty years in the States, then widens the scope of metaphor theory by investigating not only the worldview our language offers us, but also the worldviews which we adapt in our own ideological and personal interpretations of the world. James Underhill explores new avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German ... Read more
This title explores metaphor theory in the work of contemporary European scholars. This book encourages readers to reflect upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought. It first offers a critical introduction to metaphor theory as it has emerged over the past thirty years in the States, then widens the scope of metaphor theory by investigating not only the worldview our language offers us, but also the worldviews which we adapt in our own ideological and personal interpretations of the world. James Underhill explores new avenues in metaphor theory in the work of contemporary French, German ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
481 g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748679096
SKU
V9780748679096
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About James Underhill
James W. Underhill lectures on Translation Studies at Stendhal University, Grenoble, France.
Reviews for Creating Worldviews: Metaphor, Ideology, and Language
"'Underhill follows through on what he sees as lacking in metaphor studies: he shares insights from non-English-speaking scholars, he examines individual speech, he translates from other languages, he notes the history of concepts, and he demonstrates individuals not being entirely subsumed by the discourse of a prevailing ideology. For all these characteristics, this book is an invaluable contribution to the ... Read more