Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Previously issued in print: 2016
Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized
Beschreibung:
This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from 'The Historical Thesaurus of English'. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor.