The Cambridge handbook of metaphor and thought

• Other Authors: Gibbs, Raymond W.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Metaphor.; Psycholinguistics.; Language and culture.; Nonverbal communication.; PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 550 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9780511438080 (electronic bk.); 0511438087 (electronic bk.); 0511437412 (electronic bk.); 9780511437410 (electronic bk.); 9780511436734 (electronic bk); 0511436734 (electronic bk)

The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought offers the most comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has ever been published. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture, and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in nonverbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.