Mapping English Metaphor Through Time

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.

• | Author: Wendy Anderson, Ellen Bramwell, Carole Hough
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 25, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0198744579
• | ISBN-13: 9780198744573