Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Growth, cognitive linguistics, and embodied metaphors 11
5. Sequences, scripts, and stereotypical knowledge 35
6. Blending and cultural narratives 55
7. A case study 81
8. Epistemology, ontology, and the philosophy of experientialism 97
9. The hegemony of growth in adolescent literature 123
10. Afterword 147
11. References 149
12. Index 159