Mapping english metaphor through time
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198744573
Date de publication :
25 août 2016
Dimensions :
23,4 x 16,0 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
642 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from The Historical Thesaurus of English. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor.