Ten Lectures on Figurative Meaning-Making: The Role of Body and Context

By Zoltán Kövecses

The present book contains a transcribed version of the lectures given by Professor Zolt?n K?vecses in November 2010 as one of the three forum speakers for the 8th China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics. The topics presented in this book deal with the language and conceptualization of emotions, cross-cultural variation in metaphor, metaphor and metonymy in discourse, and the issue of the relationship between language, mind, and culture from a cognitive linguistic perspective.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004364897
• ISBN13: 9789004364899
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"