The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521600866)

The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought offers the most comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has ever been published. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture, and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in nonverbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.

Author: Raymond W. Gibbs Jr
ISBN-10: 0521600863
ISBN-13: 9780521600866
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2008
Pages: 566
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 265
Choice 10/01/2009