The spatial language of time : metaphor, metonymym, and frames of reference

The spatial language of time : metaphor, metonymym, and frames of reference / Kevin Ezra Moore, San José State University.

The Spatial Language of Time presents a crosslinguistically valid state-of-the-art analysis of space-to-time metaphors, using data mostly from English and Wolof (Africa) but additionally from Japanese and other languages. Metaphors are analyzed in terms of their most direct motivation by basic human...

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Main Author: Moore, Kevin Ezra (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 42.
Subjects:
Space and time in language.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Temporal constructions.
Metaphor.
Metonyms.
metaphor.
metonymy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Temporal constructions
Metaphor
Metonyms
Space and time in language
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Summary:The Spatial Language of Time presents a crosslinguistically valid state-of-the-art analysis of space-to-time metaphors, using data mostly from English and Wolof (Africa) but additionally from Japanese and other languages. Metaphors are analyzed in terms of their most direct motivation by basic human experiences (Grady 1997a; Lakoff & Johnson 1980). This motivation explains the crosslinguistic appearance of certain metaphors, but does not say anything about temporal metaphor systems that deviate from the types documented here. Indeed, we observe interesting culture- and language-specific metaph.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027270658
9027270651
1306705894
9781306705899
ISSN:1387-6724 ;
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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