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.
| ISBN: | 9789027204363 |
| Publication date: | 30th January 2013 |
| Author: | Karen Sullivan |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Constructional Approaches to Language |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology |