Metaphor and metonymy : a diachronic approach /

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Author / Creator:Allan, Kathryn.
Imprint:Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2008.
Description:x, 255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Publications of the Philological Society ; 42
Subject:Metaphor.
English language -- Metonyms.
English language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Style.
English language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Metonyms.
English language -- Style.
Metaphor.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7688608
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ISBN:9781405190855 (alk. paper)
140519085X (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-243) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Motivation
  • 1.2. Brief outline of the study of metaphor and metonymy
  • 1.2.1. Early work on metaphor
  • 1.2.2. Metaphors We Live By, and the work of Lakoff et al.
  • 1.2.3. Metonymy
  • 1.2.4. Use of corpora in the study of metaphor and metonymy
  • 1.3. Methodology
  • 1.3.1. The Historical Thesaurus of English and the Oxford English Dictionary
  • 1.3.2. The Intelligence corpus
  • 1.3.3. Guide to the data
  • 1.3.4. Discrepancies between HTE and the Intelligence corpus
  • 1.3.5. Dating of entries
  • 1.3.6. Data analysis
  • 1.4. The data: some preliminary comments
  • 1.4.1. Stupid Vs. Clever
  • 1.4.2. The core concept groups
  • 1.4.3. The 'hierarchy' of core concepts
  • 1.4.4. Associations between core concepts
  • 1.4.5. Mind, Head and Brain
  • 1.4.6. Focus of the study
  • 2. Senses
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Data
  • 2.2.1. Vision
  • 2.2.1.1. Light
  • 2.2.2. Touch
  • 2.2.3. Taste
  • 2.2.4. Hearing
  • 2.3. Motivation
  • 2.3.1. Vision
  • 2.3.1.1. Light
  • 2.3.2. Touch
  • 2.3.3. Taste
  • 2.3.4. Hearing
  • 2.4. Proto-Indo-European
  • 2.5. Primary metaphor and conflation theory
  • 2.6. Evidence in non-Indo-European languages
  • 2.7. Ontogeny and phylogeny
  • 2.8. Conclusion
  • 2.9. Evidence from Afroasiatic and Austronesian
  • 2.9.1. Vision
  • 2.9.2. Touch
  • 2.9.3. Taste
  • 2.9.4. Hearing
  • 2.10. Data tables
  • 2.10.1. Sense-Vision
  • 2.10.1.1. Sense-Vision-Light
  • 2.10.2. Sense-Grasp (Touch)
  • 2.10.3. Sense-Taste
  • 2.10.4. Sense-Hearing
  • 3. Density
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Data
  • 3.2.1. General terms
  • 3.2.2. Wood
  • 3.2.3. Earth
  • 3.2.4. Food
  • 3.2.5. Miscellaneous
  • 3.3. Dates
  • 3.4. Motivation
  • 3.4.1. Blending theory
  • 3.4.2. General terms vs. specific substances
  • 3.4.3. Wood
  • 3.4.4. Earth
  • 3.4.5. Food
  • 3.4.6. Miscellaneous
  • 3.5. Semantic 'pathways'
  • 3.6. Specificity and lack of other substances
  • 3.7. Conceptual links and limits on reference
  • 3.8. Conclusion
  • 3.9. Data tables
  • 3.9.1. Density-General
  • 3.9.2. Density-Wood
  • 3.9.3. Density-Earth
  • 3.9.4. Density-Food
  • 3.9.5. Density-Miscellaneous
  • 4. Animals
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Data
  • 4.2.1. Mammals
  • 4.2.2. Birds
  • 4.2.3. Insects
  • 4.2.4. Fish
  • 4.3. Motivation
  • 4.3.1. Nature and nurture, the brain, and cognitive fluidity
  • 4.3.2. Cultural influences: the medieval tradition and beyond
  • 4.3.3. Dating issues: a problem?
  • 4.3.4. Derogatory terms and the Great Chain metaphor
  • 4.3.5. An analysis of Animal metaphorisation
  • 4.3.6. Similarity theory
  • 4.4. Particular animals found
  • 4.4.1. Mammals
  • 4.4.1.1. Donkeys/Mules
  • 4.4.1.2. Sheep
  • 4.4.1.3. Bovines
  • 4.4.1.4. Other Animals
  • 4.4.2. Birds
  • 4.4.3. Insects
  • 4.4.4. Fish
  • 4.5. Conclusion
  • 4.6. Data tables
  • 4.6.1. Animal-Mammal
  • 4.6.1.1. Animal-Mammal-Donkey/Mule
  • 4.6.1.2. Animal-Mammal-Sheep
  • 4.6.1.3. Animal-Mammal-Bovine
  • 4.6.1.4. Animal-Mammal-Other Animals
  • 4.6.2. Animal-Mammal-Bird
  • 4.6.3. Animal-Insect
  • 4.6.4. Animal-Fish
  • 4.6.5. Animal-General
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 5.1. Summary
  • 5.2. The metaphor-metonymy continuum
  • 5.3. A corpus-based approach
  • 5.3.1. Incongruity in conceptualisations of Intelligence
  • 5.4. A diachronic approach
  • 5.5. An interdisciplinary approach
  • 5.6. Issues for future research: Sapir-Whorf, PC language and the influence of metaphor
  • 6. Appendix: Additional data tables
  • 6.1. Age
  • 6.2. Alive/Animate
  • 6.3. Beauty
  • 6.4. Birth/Creation
  • 6.5. Body Part-Sexual
  • 6.6. Brain
  • 6.7. Colour
  • 6.8. Completion
  • 6.9. Container
  • 6.9.1. Container-Empty/Full of Nothing
  • 6.10. Fat
  • 6.11. Fruit/Veg
  • 6.12. Good/Happy
  • 6.13. Hard/Soft
  • 6.14. Head
  • 6.15. Health-Physical/Mental
  • 6.16. Hit/Stunned
  • 6.17. Human
  • 6.18. Humble/Ordinary
  • 6.19. Intelligence
  • 6.20. Liquid/Semi-Liquid
  • 6.21. Loose Texture
  • 6.22. Lump
  • 6.23. Mind
  • 6.24. Object
  • 6.25. Pure/Clean
  • 6.26. Sense/Feeling
  • 6.27. Shape
  • 6.28. Sharp/Piercing
  • 6.29. Size
  • 6.30. Sound
  • 6.31. Speech
  • 6.32. Speed
  • 6.33. Strength/Weakness
  • 6.34. Value
  • 6.35. Wealth/Prosperity
  • 6.36. Weight
  • 7. Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • General index
  • Index of word forms and core concepts
  • Index of references