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Prelim pages
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword and acknowledgements vii
- Figurativeness all the way down 1
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Part I. Figurativeness and theory
- Metaphor thoughtfully 13
- Separating (non-)figurative weeds from wheat 45
- A multi-level view of metaphor and some of its advantages 71
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Part II. Figurativeness and constructions
- Intensification via figurative language 91
- Falling to one’s death in multiple landscapes 107
- Metaphorical adjective-noun phrases in German journalese 129
- Metonymy meets coercion 151
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Part III. Figurativeness, pragmaticity and multimodality
- Sources of pragmatic effects in irony and hyperbole 187
- Metaphorical interplay of words and gestures in the Catholic liturgy 209
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Part IV. Typology of figures and cognitive models
- Figures of speech revisited 225
- Cutting and breaking metaphors of the self and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model 253
- The metonymic exploitation of descriptive, attitudinal, and regulatory scenarios in meaning making 283
- Index 309
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword and acknowledgements vii
- Figurativeness all the way down 1
-
Part I. Figurativeness and theory
- Metaphor thoughtfully 13
- Separating (non-)figurative weeds from wheat 45
- A multi-level view of metaphor and some of its advantages 71
-
Part II. Figurativeness and constructions
- Intensification via figurative language 91
- Falling to one’s death in multiple landscapes 107
- Metaphorical adjective-noun phrases in German journalese 129
- Metonymy meets coercion 151
-
Part III. Figurativeness, pragmaticity and multimodality
- Sources of pragmatic effects in irony and hyperbole 187
- Metaphorical interplay of words and gestures in the Catholic liturgy 209
-
Part IV. Typology of figures and cognitive models
- Figures of speech revisited 225
- Cutting and breaking metaphors of the self and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model 253
- The metonymic exploitation of descriptive, attitudinal, and regulatory scenarios in meaning making 283
- Index 309