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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