Table of contents
Introduction
Part I. Is Mixed Metaphor a Problem?
Chapter 1. A view of “mixed metaphor” within a conceptual metaphor theory framework
Chapter 2. Mixed metaphors from a discourse dynamics perspective: A non-issue?
Chapter 3. Why mixed metaphors make sense
Chapter 4. Tackling mixed metaphors in discourse: New corpus and psychological evidence
Part II. Reasons for Mixing Metaphor
Chapter 5. Mixed metaphor: Its depth, its breadth, and a pretence-based approach
Chapter 6. Mixed metaphor is a question of deliberateness
Chapter 7. When languages and cultures meet: Mixed metaphors in the discourse of Spanish speakers of English
Chapter 8. The ‘dull roar’ and the ‘burning barbed wire pantyhose’: Complex metaphor in accounts of chronic pain
Part III. Effects of Mixing Metaphor
Chapter 9. We drink with our eyes first: The web of sensory perceptions, aesthetic experiences and mixed imagery in wine reviews
Chapter 10. A corpus-based study of ‘mixed metaphor’ as a metalinguistic comment
Chapter 11. Mixing in pictorial and multimodal metaphors?
Chapter 12. Extended metaphor in the web of discourse
Index
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