Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics

Name: Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Erschienen am 9. Juni 2005

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Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Dedication
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Metaphors in language and thought
A "decorative" viewof metaphor
Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Corpus linguistics
Summary
I. Current models of metaphor and metonymy
1. Conceptual Metaphor Theory and language
Main tenets of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Some implications of Conceptual Metaphor Theory for language description
Exploring linguistic metaphors as evidence for Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Summary and conclusion
2. Defining metaphor
Introduction
Types of linguistic metaphor
Degrees of metaphoricity: Two models
Degrees of metaphoricity: A corpus-based classification
Metaphor and grammar
Metaphor and "empty" words
Conclusion
3. Metaphor and metonymy
Introduction
Metonymy
Combinations of metaphor and metonymy
A cline from metaphor to metonymy
Conclusion
II. Current research into metaphor
4. Corpus research into metaphor
Corpora and language analysis
Issues in corpus research
Using corpora to research metaphor
Summary
Note
5. Cognitive and psycholinguistic approaches to metaphor research
Introduction
Questions
Research methodologies
Corpus perspectives on cognitive and psycholinguistic research methodology
Conclusion
6. Discourse approaches to metaphor research
Introduction
Questions
Methodology
The ideological use of metaphor
Metaphor, meaning and the developing discourse
A corpus perspective on discourse studies
Conclusion
III. The examination of corpus data
7. The grammar of metaphor
Introduction
Approaches to grammar and metaphor
Metaphor and part of speech
Detailed grammatical patterning
Implications
Conclusion
8. Semantic relations in source and target domains
Introduction
Metaphorical mapping
Corpus investigations: Plants
Corpus investigations: Light and dark
Summary and conclusion
Note
9. Metaphor and collocation
Introduction
Collocation and corpus data
Idiom
Collocation and meaning
Metaphorical mapping of collocates in the corpus
Discussion
Conclusion
10. Conclusion
Introduction
Language and metaphor
Corpus linguistics and cognitive metaphor theory
Further work
References
Index
The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research

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