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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: CROSS-CULTURAL AND CROSS-LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES
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| By: |
Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij, Elisabeth Piirainen |
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Hardback |
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£74.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0080438709 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780080438702 |
| Publisher: |
BRILL |
| Pub. date: |
22 February, 2005 |
| Series: |
Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface 13 |
| Pages: |
420 |
| Description: |
Intends to discover basic principles underlying linguistic figurativeness and to develop a theory that is capable of capturing conventional figurative language (referred to as CFLT - Conventional Figurative Language Theory). This study analyses idioms, proverbs, lexicalised metaphors, and figurative compounds, drawn from ten standard languages. |
| Synopsis: |
The aim of this study is to discover basic principles underlying linguistic figurativeness and to develop a theory that is capable of capturing conventional figurative language (referred to as CFLT - Conventional Figurative Language Theory). This study analyses idioms, proverbs, lexicalised metaphors, and figurative compounds, drawn from ten standard languages. |
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Netherlands |
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Elsevier Science Ltd |
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Returnable |
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