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Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping

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  1. Richard Trim

    1. University of Provence, France

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Conceptual Mapping in Thought and Language

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Conceptualisation Processes

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 3-24

    3. The Thought/Language Interface

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      Pages 25-52

  3. Diachronic Conceptual Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Diachronic Universality

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 55-65

    3. Diachronic Conceptual Variation

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 66-89

    4. Diachronic Salience in Love Analogies

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 90-108

    5. Semantic Fields and Colour

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 109-128

  4. Conceptual Mapping in War Rhetoric

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Long-Term Trends

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 131-157

    3. Time-Specific Mappings in War: The Crusades

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 158-169

    4. Cultural Change in Western War Mappings since the Late Middle Ages

      • Richard Trim
      Pages 170-187

  5. Towards an Evolutionary Model of Conceptual Mapping

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Diachronic Mapping at the Conceptual/Linguistic Interface

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      Pages 191-206

    3. Cultural History in the Evolution of Conceptual Mapping

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      Pages 207-218

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 219-230
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An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions.

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  • University of Provence, France

    Richard Trim

About the author

RICHARD TRIM is Senior Lecturer in English Historical Linguistics and Translation Studies at the University of Provence, France. He has published widely in these fields and has held lecturing posts in several European countries including Britain, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. He is the author of Metaphor Networks: The Comparative Evolution of Figurative Language, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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