Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading metaphor. A practical introduction, 2nd edition is a good book that gives an overview of the current state of metaphor theory. Combining uptodate scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, metaphor. Lakoff and johnson challenged the deeply entrenched view of metaphor by claiming that 1 metaphor is a property of concepts, and not of words. No prior knowledge of linguistics is assumed, and the material is accessible and useful to students in a variety of other.
Language, mind, and culture zoltan kovecses oxford. His most important books include language, mind, and culture. This second edition includes two new chapterson metaphors in discourse and metaphor and emotion along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field. A practical introduction zoltan kovecses combining uptodate scholarship with clear and accessible language and helpful exercises, metaphor.
All of these areas are now discussed in this second edition of metaphor. This second edition includes two new chapterson metaphors in discourse and metaphor and emotion along with new exercises. Appunto con riassunto dellesame di inglese del prof sandford. Zoltan kovecses is professor of linguistics, department of american studies, eotvos lorand university. A practical introduction, 2nd edition by zoltan kovecses isbn. This clear and lucid primer fills an important need by providing a comprehensive account of the many new developments in the study of metaphor over the last twenty years and their impact on our understanding of language, culture, and the mind. A practical introduction, and two of them, the embodiment of emotion metaphors and metaphor in discourse, have received their own independent chapters.
A practical introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. Metaphor a practical intr oduction by zoltan kovecses. Shop amongst our popular books, including 9, metaphor and emotion, where metaphors come from and more from zoltan kovecses. Fortunately, zoltan kovecses has written a wonderful book that provides a clear, systematic discussion of metaphor. Zoltan kovecses and peter szabo 327 foreign language recent attempts by the applied linguistics community have tried to integrate some of the findings of cognitive linguistics concerning idioms, and other notions like prototype and metaphor, into the framework of applied linguistics see. For most of us, metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another by saying that one is the other, as in he is a lion. A practical introduction, edition 2 ebook written by zoltan kovecses.
Read free metaphor a practical introduction 2nd edition helpful exercises, metaphor. Revised with two new chapters, responses to criticism, and improved student exercises. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in literature, writing or how our minds work. The effect of the linguistic context on metaphor use. Metaphor scholars and students have for years suffered from the lack of a comprehensive introduction to the topic of metaphor in language, thought, and culture. Language, culture, and body in human feeling, cambridge. The work of lakoff and johnson has been underappreciated and underutilized. Zoltan kovecses books list of books by author zoltan.
Proposes metaphor as a conceptual mapping between domains whereas metonymy is a mapping between entities within the same domain. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A revolutionary way to influence and persuade by robert cialdini1891. I hope this book brings the whole field further along. This clear and lucid primer fills an important need by providing a comprehensive account of the many new developments in the study of metaphor over the last twenty years and their impact on.
Kovecses is a natural teacher, and each chapter builds on the previous with clear accessibility. The effect of context on the use of metaphor in discourse1 hispadoc. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read metaphor. Zolt n k vecses is professor of linguistics, department of american studies, e tv s lorand university. A practical introduction kindle edition by kovecses, zoltan. A practical introduction find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Search for library items search for lists search for. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Beginning with lakoff and johnsons seminal work in metaphors we live by, kovecses outlines the development of the cognitive linguistic theory of. The two new chapters are chapter, cognitive models, metaphors, and embodiment, and 8. Download metaphor by zoltan kovecses pdf ebook free. Description of metaphor by zoltan kovecses pdf the metaphor.
Metaphor a practical introduction by zoltan kovecses. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A practical introduction is now included in the intermediate fiction writing courses at writers village university for 2008. A practical introduction, 2nd edition zoltan kovecses on amazon. Kovecses carried of this challenge with style and ease in 2002, ofering in the irst edition of metaphor. Further, the book is also a practical introduction. Foreign language teaching and research press brill, 2018 isbn 9004364897.
1566 1396 733 892 1265 855 1599 161 594 1563 568 1395 87 1340 1362 141 1496 1387 1631 1037 1529 1231 990 899 805 799 207 919 626 1168 115 398 89