Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-272-0436-3
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 184 Seiten, + index, Gewicht: 500 g

Reihe: Constructional Approaches to Language

Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible to apply findings from Frame Semantics, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar to understand how conceptual metaphor surfaces in language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan, Karen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Metaphoric language and metaphoric thought 1 – 16
Chapter 2. Frames in metaphor and meaning 17 – 34
Chapter 3. Frames and lexical choice in metaphor 35 – 48
Chapter 4. Frames in metonymic inferencing 49 – 62
Chapter 5. Two types of adjective construction in metaphor 63 – 86
Chapter 6. Argument structure constructions in metaphor 87 – 114
Chapter 7. Metaphoric preposition phrases and closed-class items 115 – 130
Chapter 8. Repeated domain evocation and xyz constructions 131 – 148
Chapter 9. Metaphoric constructions beyond the clause 149 – 166
Chapter 10. Conclusion 167 – 172
References 173 – 178
Primary sources 179 – 180
Index of constructions 181 – 182
Index 183 – 184