Finding Metaphor in Grammar and Usage
A methodological analysis of theory and research
Published on 14. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
430 pages
978-90-272-3901-3 (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.
Reviews / Votes
"Reading of this monograph will leave no doubt as to the fact that the author was able to present his claims in a systematic and efficient manner. The architecture of the book consequently builds its arguments, the coverage of the field (albeit restricted to just one approach, cognitive linguistics) is most comprehensive, the conclusions are logically driven and clearly stated. This book is an important step in increasing the level of methodological rigor in metaphor research, and, more broadly, in cognitive linguistics. With this excellent book cognitive linguistics becomes more methodologically self-aware however in its level of formalization still remains far-apart from formal approaches." Danko Sipka, Arizona State University.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
820 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-3901-3 (9789027239013)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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