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Zoltán Kövecses, Metaphor: A practical introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. xvi, 285. Pb. $19.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2003

Chienjer Charles Lin
Chienjer Charles Lin
Affiliation:
Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, [email protected]
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This is the first textbook on metaphor to appear after the cognitive linguistic revolution of metaphorical research launched two decades ago by Lakoff & Johnson with their pioneering work, Metaphors we live by. Much scholarship has since been devoted to this paradigm of research. Twenty years have passed, and Kövecses takes this as a good time to summarize the development of the field. Writing a textbook on metaphor certainly reflects the maturation of the study of metaphor within the cognitive linguistic tradition. Targeted readers are undergraduate and graduate students with interests in metaphor and cognitive linguistics. Experienced researchers may also find this book helpful in motivating new ideas.

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Language in Society , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 596 - 599
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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