The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language, Semino, Demjen..

Taylor & Francis

The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key areas:\n--Theoretical approaches to metaphor and language, covering Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Relevance Theory, Blending Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory; \n--Methodological approaches to metaphor and language, discussing ways of identifying metaphors in verbal texts, images and gestures, as well as the use of corpus linguistics; \n--Formal variation in patterns of metaphor use across text types, historical periods and languages;\n--Functional variation of metaphor, in contexts including educational, commercial, scientific and political discourse, as well as online trolling; \n--The application.