The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought

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Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
Cambridge University Press, Sep 22, 2008 - Psychology
A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. 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 non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.
 

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Section 1
3
Section 2
17
Section 3
39
Section 4
53
Section 5
65
Section 6
67
Section 7
84
Section 8
109
Section 20
355
Section 21
363
Section 22
380
Section 23
397
Section 24
412
Section 25
425
Section 26
447
Section 27
451

Section 9
129
Section 10
143
Section 11
177
Section 12
197
Section 13
212
Section 14
232
Section 15
247
Section 16
262
Section 17
280
Section 18
295
Section 19
311
Section 28
462
Section 29
466
Section 30
474
Section 31
475
Section 32
483
Section 33
484
Section 34
502
Section 35
513
Section 36
514
Section 37
525

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