
Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage
A methodological analysis of theory and research
Gerard J. Steen(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 14. November 2007
Book
Hardback
430 pages
978-90-272-3897-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cognitive linguists have proposed that metaphor is not just a matter of language but of thought, and that metaphorical thought displays a high degree of conventionalization. In order to produce converging evidence for this theory of metaphor, a wide range of data is currently being studied with a large array of methods and techniques. Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage aims to map the field of this development in theory and research from a methodological perspective. It raises the question when exactly evidence for metaphor in language and thought can be said to count as converging. It also goes into the various stages of producing such evidence (conceptualization, operationalization, data collection and analysis, and interpretation). The book offers systematic discussion of eight distinct areas of metaphor research that emerge as a result of approaching metaphor as part of grammar or usage, language or thought, and symbolic structure or cognitive process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
935 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-3897-9 (9789027238979)
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A methodological analysis of theory and research
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Content
1. Preface; 2. Ackowledgements; 3. Part I. Foundations; 4. Chapter 1. Mapping the field; 5. Chapter 2. The deductive approach; 6. Chapter 3. Conceptualization: Theoretical definitions; 7. Chapter 4. Operationalization: Operational definitions; 8. Chapter 5. Application: Data collection and analysis; 9. Part II. Finding metaphor in grammar; 10. Chapter 6. Linguistic forms in grammar; 11. Chapter 7. Conceptual structures in grammar (1): Domains; 12. Chapter 8. Conceptual structures in grammar (2): Mappings; 13. Chapter 9. Cognitive processes and products in grammar; 14. Part III: Finding metaphor in usage; 15. Chapter 10. Linguistic forms and conceptual structures in usage (1): Metaphorical language use; 16. Chapter 11. Linguistic forms and conceptual structures in usage (2): Other forms of metaphor; 17. Chapter 12. Cognitive processes and products in usage; 18. Conclusion; 19. Chapter 13. Evidence for metaphor in grammar and usage; 20. References; 21. Index