The contributions in this volume explore topics situated in three major thematic areas: metaphorical and metonymic underpinnings of meaning in natural languages

This volume takes up the challenge of surveying the present state of a variety of approaches to the identification, analysis and interpretation of metaphor acro

The leitmotif, but not exclusive theme, of the present volume is Ronald Langacker’s (1987) thesis that “lexicon, morphology, and syntax form a continuum of

'Ethnolinguistics' is the study of how language relates to culture and ethnicity. This book offers an original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abst