Metaphor: A Practical Introduction

Zoltan Kovecses

Oxford University Press, USA, Feb 19, 1987 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 400 pages

Combining up-to-date scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapters--on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' --along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures.

About the author

Zoltan Kovecses is Professor of Linguistics, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary

Bibliographic information

• Title: Metaphor: A Practical Introduction
• Author: Zoltan Kovecses
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1987
• ISBN: 0199888426, 9780199888429
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General