Researching Metaphors : Towards a Comprehensive Account

Bridging conventional and living metaphors. Some recent issues in conceptual metaphor theory / Z. Kövecses -- The requirements of consistency as conceptual presuppositions / M. Fasciolo -- Two wellsprings for conceptual conflicts: formal syntax and textual coherence / M. Prandi -- Hidden reference in the creation of metaphor / R. Trim -- Types of metaphors and their structure: an annotation project / F. Strik Lievers -- Conventional and creative metaphors in special concepts and terms. Terminological metaphors: framing for better and for worse ... / R. Temmerman -- Creating metaphors in specialised languages: choice criteria for the success of metaphorical terms / M. Rossi -- Reflections on the roles and functions of metaphors and models in connection with theory building in economics / C. Resche -- Reassessing the role of specialized concepts in the career of metaphors: diachronic evidence from Latin and Italian / C. Fedriani -- Living and conventional metaphors in use: texts, discourses, genres, translation. Metaphor in understanding literary characters / R. Gibbs & C. Rasse -- The driving role of stereotypy in proverbial metaphors / M. Bonhomme -- Social movements and metaphor: the case of #FridaysForFuture / E. Zurru -- Shakespeare's metaphorical swarms in The Two Gentlemen of Verona: textual and pragmatic features and their impact on the Italian translation / I. Rizzato.

Author: Michele Prandi, Micaela Rossi

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: Aug 26, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1032025875

ISBN-13: 9781032025872