Metaphor: A Practical Introduction - Hardcover

Kovecses, Zoltan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195145100 ISBN 13: 9780195145106

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This clear and lucid primer fills an important need by providing a comprehensive account of the many new developments in the study of metaphor over the last twenty years and their impact on our understanding of language, culture, and the mind. Beginning with Lakoff and Johnson's seminal work in Metaphors We Live By, Kövecses outlines the development of "the cognitive linguistic theory of metaphor" by explaining key ideas on metaphor. He also explores primary metaphor, metaphor systems, the "invariance principle," mental-imagery experiments, the many-space blending theory, and the role of image schemas in metaphorical thought. He examines the applicability of these ideas to numerous related fields.

About this title

About the Author

Zoltan Kovecses, Professor of American Studies, ELTE, Budapest.

Review

"Metaphor scholars and students have for years suffered from the lack of a comprehensive introduction to the topic of metaphor in language, thought, and culture. Fortunately, Zoltan Kovecses has written a wonderful book that provides a clear, systematic discussion of metaphor. His book is interesting to read, has many vivid examples, and outlines the major theoretical approach to metaphor in contemporary metaphor studies. I will use this book in many of the courses I teach and will refer to it frequently in pursuing my own research on metaphor."--Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., University of California, Santa Cruz

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195145100
• ISBN 13: 9780195145106
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304