Metaphors in the Mind by Jeannette Littlemore HARDBACK 9781108416566

Metaphors in the Mind\nby Jeannette Littlemore\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jeannette Littlemore\nTitle: Metaphors in the Mind\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Sociolinguistics\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9781108416566\nISBN-10: 110841656X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAbstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk about moving through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through space, allowing us to ''look back'' on past events. Much of the work on embodied metaphor to date has assumed a single set of universal, shared bodily experiences that motivate our understanding of abstract concepts. This book explores sources of variation in people''s experiences of embodied metaphor, inclu.