Metaphor and Metonymy Across Time and Cultures

Metaphor and Metonymy Across Time and Cultures
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Publisher : De Gruyter Mouton
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 3110335433
ISBN-13 : 9783110335439
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Book Synopsis Metaphor and Metonymy Across Time and Cultures by : Javier E. Díaz-Vera

Download or read book Metaphor and Metonymy Across Time and Cultures written by Javier E. Díaz-Vera and published by De Gruyter Mouton. This book was released on 2014-11-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book explore some of the different ways new metaphoric and metonymic expressions emerge and spread among speech communities, and how these changes can be related to the need to encode ongoing social and cultural processes in the language. They cover a wide series of languages and historical stages.


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