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Acknowledgements |
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1.1 Reassessing figurative language |
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1.2 Metaphor: What does figurative mean? |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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1.4 Broadening our understanding of figurative: blending and figurative grammar |
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6 | (1) |
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1.5 Figurative language, cognition, and culture |
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7 | (2) |
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1.6 The uses of figurative language |
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9 | (2) |
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1.7 The basic tool-kit: categories, frames, and mental spaces |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (30) |
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2.1 The concept of a mapping |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (4) |
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2.3 How mappings are grounded in experience |
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2.3.1 Image schemata and experiential correlations |
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22 | (3) |
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2.3.2 Primary Metaphors, conflation, and MIND AS BODY mappings |
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25 | (5) |
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2.3.3 "Two-directional" metaphors |
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30 | (1) |
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2.3.4 Metaphoric meaning change |
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31 | (3) |
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2.4 Conventional or creative? |
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34 | (2) |
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2.5 Experimental support for Cognitive Metaphor Theory |
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36 | (2) |
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2.6 What is transferred between source and target? |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (2) |
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3 Metaphoric structure: levels and relations |
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3.1 Inheritance and compositional relations between metaphors |
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43 | (6) |
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49 | (4) |
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3.3 The experiential bases of complex mappings |
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53 | (6) |
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59 | (3) |
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3.5 Constraints on source-target relationships - is it about concrete and abstract? |
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62 | (7) |
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3.5.1 Objectification and personification |
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62 | (2) |
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3.5.2 Making the abstract concrete |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (2) |
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3.6 Conclusions: concrete and abstract, generic and specific |
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69 | (2) |
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71 | (2) |
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4 Mental spaces and blending |
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73 | (27) |
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4.1 Why we need to talk about more structure than two domains: metaphor as blending |
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73 | (3) |
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4.2 The relationship of mental spaces to frames |
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76 | (2) |
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4.3 Spaces and frames: types and relations |
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78 | (4) |
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4.4 Blending processes and types of blends |
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4.4.1 How to build a blend |
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82 | (5) |
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87 | (7) |
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4.4.3 A complex multiscope example |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (27) |
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5.1 Part-whole frame metonymy, framing, and objectification |
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102 | (1) |
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5.2 Metonymy and metaphor |
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103 | (3) |
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5.3 Metonymic polysemy and meaning change |
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106 | (4) |
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5.4 Linguistic-form metonymies |
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110 | (3) |
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5.5 Frame metonymy and asymmetry in language and cognition |
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113 | (2) |
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5.6 Cognitive bases for categorial metonymy |
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115 | (2) |
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5.7 The contribution of metonymy to Mental Space building and blending |
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117 | (5) |
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5.8 Metonymy in visual blending |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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6 Grammatical constructions and figurative meaning |
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127 | (35) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (3) |
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6.3 Metaphoric uses of constructions |
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132 | (1) |
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6.4 Grammatical asymmetry and source-target asymmetry |
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133 | (4) |
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6.5 Simile as a mapping and a construction |
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6.5.1 Characterization of simile |
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138 | (4) |
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6.5.2 Narrow-scope similes |
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142 | (3) |
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6.5.3 Broad-scope similes |
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145 | (3) |
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6.6 Alternative spaces, simile, and metaphor |
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148 | (3) |
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6.7 Nominal-Modification Constructions and frame metonymy |
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151 | (8) |
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151 | (2) |
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6.7.2 Nominal modification |
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153 | (3) |
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6.7.3 Proper names: framing and reference |
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156 | (2) |
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6.7.4 Genitives and experiential viewpoint |
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158 | (1) |
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6.7.5 Constructional compositionality |
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159 | (1) |
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6.8 Constructions and the nature of figurative meaning |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (1) |
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7 The crosslinguistic study of metaphor |
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162 | (21) |
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7.1 Introduction: the crosscultural comparison of language and cognitive patterns |
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162 | (1) |
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7.2 Examining linguistic variation and universals |
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163 | (2) |
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7.3 Crosslinguistic contrasts in metaphor - and crosslinguistic universals? |
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165 | (3) |
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7.4 Spatial metaphors for time: the TIME IS RELATIVE MOTION family |
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168 | (6) |
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7.5 Beyond TIME IS RELATIVE MOTION |
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174 | (4) |
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7.6 Gesture and temporal metaphors |
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178 | (1) |
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7.7 Visual-gestural languages and figurative usage |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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8 Figurative language in discourse |
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183 | (30) |
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8.1 Metaphor and viewpoint: the discourse of illness and addiction |
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184 | (4) |
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8.1.1 The Boundary schema: two construals of illness |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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8.1.3 Viewpointed experience and metaphor: an addiction narrative |
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187 | (1) |
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8.2 Argumentation and linguistic choices |
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188 | (6) |
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8.2.1 Source-of-Target metaphors |
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188 | (2) |
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8.2.2 Compression as an argumentation strategy |
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190 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Frames and grammar in political speeches |
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191 | (3) |
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8.3 Extended metonymy and viewpoint |
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194 | (2) |
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8.4 Literature and figurative meaning |
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196 | (6) |
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8.4.1 Minimalism and maximalism in poetry |
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196 | (5) |
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8.4.2 Narrative and blending |
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201 | (1) |
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8.5 The discourse of science |
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202 | (6) |
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8.5.1 Modeling the atom and scientific creativity |
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203 | (2) |
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8.5.2 The status of science metaphors |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (9) |
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9.1 Theoretical postulates |
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213 | (6) |
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9.1.1 Levels of schematicity and levels of interpretation |
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214 | (2) |
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9.1.2 Viewpoint and experience |
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216 | (1) |
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9.1.3 Analyzing discourse |
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217 | (1) |
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9.1.4 The role of experimental work |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (3) |
References |
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Further reading |
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234 | (2) |
Index |
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