Creating worldviews : metaphor, ideology and language / James W. Underhill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Underhill, James W. (James William)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meaning (Philosophy).

Metaphor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reflecting upon language and the role metaphor plays in patterning ideas and thought Underhill analyses the discourse of several languages in recent history.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Part I Metaphor; Chapter 1 Metaphor and World-Conceiving; Chapter 2 A Concern for Metaphor; Chapter 3 Metaphors We Live By; Chapter 4 Other Developments in Metaphor Theory; Chapter 5 Further Cognitive Contributions to Metaphor Theory; Chapter 6 Diversity on the Periphery; Part II Case Studies in Metaphor; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 7 The Language of Czechoslovak Communist Power; Chapter 8 Hitlerdeutsch: Klemperer and the Language of the Third Reich; Chapter 9 Language in Metaphors; A Final Word; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5156-X

1-283-22176-4

9786613221766

0-7486-4700-7

OCLC:

745866888