Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Section 1 Why historical linguistics and cognitive linguistics need each other
6. At the intersection 12
7. Mirrors between historical and cognitive linguistics in figurative origins 32
8. Cognitive and historical concepts of the “career of metaphor” 50
9. Section 2 Metaphor and grammaticalization
10. Lexicalization and grammaticalization 68
11. Speech verbs, figuration and the English Caused-Motion construction in American English 92
12. Prototypes, (inter)subjectification, figurativity and semantic change 122
13. Section 3 Metaphor and culture
14. heart and soul as a locus of vision 148
15. “And who by fire, who by water…” 178
16. A love story 200
17. Changes in the conceptualization of “face” in Polish from the 19th century to the present day 222
18. Section 4 Metaphor across time and context
19. Contextual use of “journey” may communicate specific experience and concerns of a social group 244
20. Using The Oxford English Dictionary to identify metaphors in historical corpus data 264
21. Index 287