Metaphor: A Practical Introduction

By Zoltan Kovecses

Book Overview

Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters--on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' --along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195374940
• ISBN13: 9780195374940
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"