Metaphor and metonymy : a diachronic approach /

The way in which we understand the concept of intelligence is rooted in metaphor and metonymy. This book explores the motivation for some of the lexemes in this semantic field across the history of the English language, considering the range of cognitive mechanisms and cultural factors that can info...

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Main Author: Allan, Kathryn.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2008.
Series:Publications of the Philological Society ; 42.
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