- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxi, 321 pages)
- Series Statement
- [Oxford linguistics]
- Uniform Title
- Mapping English metaphor through time (Online)
- Oxford linguistics.
- Subject
- Metaphor > History > Congresses
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: The pursuit of metaphors / Andrew Prescott -- The metaphorical landscape / Carole Hough -- Metaphorical beasts in the history of English / Judith Paterson -- Plants as metaphorical headgear in English / Carole P. Biggam -- Food as a fruitful source of metaphor / Christian Kay -- Morbid curiosity and metaphors of death in the history of English / Beth Ralston -- The metaphorical qualities of cool, clear and clashing colours / Rachael Hamilton -- Waves of excitement, waves of metaphor / Wendy Anderson -- Metaphors of religious anxiety in Early Modern England / Kenneth Austin -- Madness, sanity, and metaphor / Ellen Bramwell -- The importance of Old English head / Antonette diPaolo Healey -- The metaphorical understanding of power and authority / Marc Alexander -- The dehumanized thief / Fraser Dallachy -- Metaphors of weapons and armour through time / Daria Izdebska -- Silent reading / Jane Roberts -- The case of address terms / Irma Taavitsainen -- Appendix: Mapping metaphor categories.
- LCCN
- 2015959956
- OCLC
- ssj0001770860
- Title
Mapping English metaphor through time [electronic resource] / edited by Wendy Anderson, Ellen Bramwell, and Carole Hough.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
[Oxford linguistics]
Oxford linguistics.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Anderson, Wendy.
Bramwell, Ellen.
Hough, Carole.