Metaphors and cultural models as profiles and bases

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Kant, Blumenberg, Weinrich: Some forgotten contributions to the cognitive theory of metaphor 9
5. Metaphorical mappings in the sense of smell 29
6. The joy of counting metaphors: Relativity in the socio-economic domain 47
7. From linguistic to conceptual metaphor in five steps 57
8. A typology of motivation for conceptual metaphor: correlation vs. resemblance 79
9. Blending and metaphor 101
10. Self and agency in religious discourse: Perceptual metaphors for knowledge at a Marian apparition site 125
11. Taking metaphor out of our heads and putting it into the cultural world 145
12. Metaphor: Does it constitute or reflect cultural models? 167
13. Metaphors and cultural models as profiles and bases 189
14. Congruence by degree: On the relation between metaphor and cultural models 205
15. Subject Index 219
16. Name Index 222