Endangered Metaphors.

When the last speaker of a language dies, s/he takes to oblivion the memories, associations and the rich imagery this language community has once lived by. The cultural heritage encoded in conventional linguistic metaphors, handed down through generations, will be lost forever. This volume consists...

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Main Author: Idström, Anna
Other Authors: Piirainen, Elisabeth, Falzett, Tiber
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Series:Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts ; v. 2.
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