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Mapping English Metaphor Through Time
Wendy Anderson
Mapping English Metaphor Through Time
Wendy Anderson
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.
352 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | August 25, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780198744573 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 344 |
Dimensions | 162 × 243 × 26 mm · 648 g |
Editor | Anderson, Wendy (Senior Lecturer in English Language, Senior Lecturer in English Language, University of Glasgow) |
Editor | Bramwell, Ellen (Research Associate, Research Associate, University of Glasgow) |
Editor | Hough, Carole (Professor of Onomastics, Professor of Onomastics, University of Glasgow) |
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