Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping [electronic resource] /
Trim, R.author.
An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptualisation processes -- The thought/language interface -- Diachronic universality -- Diachronic conceptual variation -- Diachronic salience in love analogies -- Semantic fields and colour -- Long-term trends -- Time-specific analogies in war : the Crusades -- Cultural change in western war mappings since the late Middle Ages -- Diachronic mapping at the conceptual/linguistic interface -- Cultural history in the evolution of conceptual mapping.
An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions.
Historical linguistics.
Applied linguistics.
Social history.
Semantics.
Discourse analysis.
Comparative linguistics.
Historical Linguistics.
Applied Linguistics.
Social History.
Semantics.
Discourse Analysis.
Comparative Linguistics.