Titlebook: Metaphor Networks; The Comparative Evol Richard Trim Book 2007 Richard Trim 2007 cognition.diachronic.English.evolution.language.synchronic

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Culture-specific Conceptualisatione for cross-language variation in metaphor. In the following discussion, we shall look at a number of major issues on the relevance of culture in metaphor creation before looking at culture-specific networking. We shall examine how linguists have tried to set up definitions of cultural models, the t

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Cultural Patterns of the Pastpe, or why all the pebbles happen to be in the field, unless we go back into the past. Only the past geology of the rock formations will give us a clear idea as to why such landscape features exist. In many ways, the same applies to language and, in particular to metaphor. In this chapter, we shall

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Germanic Influences in Old EnglishS A JOURNEY model in Western society. Duration therefore varies enormously and it is difficult to categorise which metaphors are likely to last. At first sight, it may be assumed that long-lasting metaphors are similar to the types of universal features of basic concepts. This is very often true but

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The Evolution of Love Metaphors: a Case Studyse of translating texts from different historical periods, a number of different factors would have played a part in the types of metaphor images used. These involve social class, regional variants, the type of medium (whether it was written or spoken language and what kinds of particular written me

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Latinate-based Origins in English Medieval Metaphording time zones. Poetry or narrative expressed through the medium of metaphor draws on other contemporary or preceding works of literature. The metaphors of love we have seen in Chaucer are a clear example of drawing on contemporary sources which have, in turn, drawn on other sources at an earlier p