The contemporary theory of metaphor : a perspective from Chinese / Ning Yu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yu, Ning.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 1.

Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Chinese language--Figures of speech.

Chinese language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comparative study of Chinese and English metaphor contributes to the search for metaphoric universals by placing the contemporary theory of metaphor in a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. The author explores to what degree abstract reasoning is metaphorical and which conceptual metaphors are culture specific, wide spread or universal in a cognitive and cultural context.The empirical studies presented reinforce the view that metaphor is the main mechanism through which abstract concepts are comprehended and abstract reasoning is performed. They also support, from

Contents:

The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Contemporary Theory: A Review; Chapter 3. Emotion Metaphors; Chapter 4. The Time as Space Metaphor; Chapter 5. The Event Structure Metaphor; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-272) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613222107

90-272-8273-0

1-283-22210-8

OCLC:

742333677