Metaphor and Metonymy: A Diachronic Approach by Kathryn Allan
Metaphor and Metonymy: A Diachronic Approach

Kathryn Allan

Metaphor and Metonymy: A Diachronic Approach

Kathryn Allan

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The way in which we understand the concept of intelligence is rooted in metaphor and metonymy; for example, it is common to describe people as ‘bright’ or ‘thick’. This book explores the motivation for some of the lexemes in this semantic field ac...

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