Metaphor networks : the comparative evolution of figurative language /
Where do our metaphors come from? Why do we say 'he has a new flame'? Why does the colour green signify immaturity in English but strength in French? Why can we say 'dry humour' today but not 'dry' (thin) arms as in the Middle Ages? Metaphor Networks attempts to answer...
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- The role of cognition
- Universal trends
- Culture-specific conceptualization
- Conceptual equivalence and translation
- Cultural patterns of the past
- Metaphor and semantic networks
- Metaphor paths in base concepts
- Germanic influences in old English
- Metaphor death
- Historical mindsets
- The evolution of love metaphors: a case study
- Latinate-based origins in English medieval metaphor
- Historical models of love metaphors.