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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      September 2008
      ISBN:
      9780511816802
      9780521841061
      9780521600866
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816802
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.19kg, 566 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.98kg, 566 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
      Collection:
      Cambridge Handbooks of Psychology
      Subjects:
      Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest, Cognition, Language and Linguistics
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    Series:
    Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    Collection:
    Cambridge Handbooks of Psychology
    Subjects:
    Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, Psychology, Psychology: General Interest, Cognition, Language and Linguistics
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    A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.

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    "...There are 28 chapters distributed across the five general sections of the book...worthy of highlighting for its excellence or other noteworthiness...all 28 chapters have valuable points for consideration and will be of interest to psychologists who are interested in the topic of communication..."
    --Thomas F. Cloonan, PsycCRITIQUES [August 5, 2009, Vol. 54, Release 31, Article 6]

    "[Gibbs] has edited a fine, wide-ranging collection of articles on metaphor and thought...Each writer remains true to his or her discipline and fills out the picture of what is known about the crucial role of metaphor in human thought and culture...Recommended..."
    --S. Satris, Clemson University, CHOICE

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