1st Edition
Understanding Metaphor through Corpora A Case Study of Metaphors in Nineteenth Century Writing
By Katie Patterson
Copyright 2018
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
128 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
236 Pages
128 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book introduces a unique methodology to the study of metaphor, integrating a corpus linguistic approach to explore the lexical, grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of metaphoric instances of language. The volume questions the reliability of attempts to identify metaphor based on dichotomy and, drawing on data from a corpus of nineteenth-century writing, instead advocates for... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Metaphor: Theories and Approaches 3. A New Theory for Metaphor 4. Corpus Methodologies and Metaphor 5. Metaphor and Conventionality: Evidence of Metaphors Displaying Lexical Primings through Semantic Association 6. Metaphor and Conventionality: Evidence of Metaphors Displaying Lexical Primings through Colligation 7. Metaphor and Other Forms of Creativity: Polysemy, Simile, Metonymy and Their Relationship to Metaphor 8. Conclusion
Biography
Katie Patterson has taught at the University of Liverpool, U.K., the University of Eastern Finland, and Universidad Austral de Chile.
