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BCT 99
Applying Cognitive LinguisticsFigurative language in use, constructions and typology
Edited by Ana M. Piquer-Píriz and Rafael Alejo-González
August 2018. vi, 230 pp.
In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as a solid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which different applications to other fields have emerged. In this volume we... read more
HCP 62
Aspectuality across LanguagesEvent construal in speech and gesture
Edited by Alan Cienki and Olga K. Iriskhanova
October 2018. xviii, 221 pp.
The book provides a nuanced, multimodal perspective on how people express events via certain grammatical forms of verbs in speech and certain qualities of movement in manual gestures. The volume is the outcome of an international... read more
MiLCC 7
Attention to MetaphorFrom neurons to representations
Valentina Cuccio
September 2018. vi, 167 pp.
The last decades of the twentieth century have witnessed a fundamental scientific discovery: the identification of mirror neurons and, consequently, the development of the Embodied Simulation theory. Neuroscientific data on the... read more
CLSCC 12
Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage
Edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
March 2020. vii, 311 pp.
The volume focuses on body part terms as the vehicle of embodied cognition and conceptualization. It explores the relationship between universal embodiment, language-specific cultural models and linguistic usage practices. The... read more
HCP 69
Broader Perspectives on Motion Event Descriptions
Edited by Yo Matsumoto and Kazuhiro Kawachi
August 2020. vii, 324 pp.
Human languages exhibit fascinating commonalities and variations in the ways they describe motion events. In this volume, the contributors present their research results concerning motion event descriptions in the languages that... read more
HCP 71
Collocations as a Language ResourceA functional and cognitive study in English phraseology
Sonja Poulsen
April 2022. xvi, 348 pp.
Are collocations problems or solutions to problems? If you take the perspective of the foreign learner, as in traditional phraseology, they are certainly challenging, and they have therefore been categorized as arbitrary, or even... read more
SCL 43
Colouring MeaningCollocation and connotation in figurative language
Gill Philip
February 2011. xiii, 232 pp.
Primarily focused on idioms and other figurative phraseology, Colouring Meaning describes how the meanings of established phrases are enhanced, refocused and modified in everyday language use. Unlike many studies of creativity in... read more
HCP 60
Conceptual MetonymyMethodological, theoretical, and descriptive issues
Edited by Olga Blanco-Carrión, Antonio Barcelona and Rossella Pannain
May 2018. ix, 325 pp.
The volume addresses a number of closely connected methodological, descriptive, and theoretical issues in the study of metonymy, and includes a series of case studies broadening our knowledge of the functioning of metonymy. As... read more
HCP 58
Constructing Families of ConstructionsAnalytical perspectives and theoretical challenges
Edited by Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Alba Luzondo Oyón and Paula Pérez-Sobrino
July 2017. vii, 342 pp.
Within Construction Grammar, this volume moves away from a compartmentalized view of constructions with the aim of providing a more holistic description of grammar. Thus, the book brings together analyses that look at... read more
CLSCC 14
Cultural-Linguistic Explorations into Spirituality, Emotionality, and Society
Edited by Hans-Georg Wolf, Denisa Latić and Anna Finzel
September 2021. vii, 279 pp.
This book offers Cultural-Linguistic explorations into the diverse Lebenswelten of a wide range of cultural contexts, such as South Africa, Hungary, India, Nigeria, China, Romania, Iran, and Poland. The linguistic expedition sets... read more
FTL 5
Drawing Attention to MetaphorCase studies across time periods, cultures and modalities
Edited by Camilla Di Biase-Dyson and Markus Egg
April 2020. v, 265 pp.
The communicative act of drawing attention to metaphor is a relatively recent topic in metaphor studies and one that has remained contentious from a cognitive perspective. This book brings philologists of ancient languages... read more
MiLCC 9
Dynamism in Metaphor and Beyond
Edited by Herbert L. Colston, Teenie Matlock and Gerard J. Steen
Expected October 2022. vii, 356 pp. + index
The last half century witnessed an upheaval in scientific investigation of human meaning-making and meaning-sharing. Dynamism in Metaphor and Beyond, is offered as a snapshot of the status of this multidisciplinary endeavor—a... read more
FTL 4
Event Structure Metaphors through the BodyTranslation from English to American Sign Language
Daniel R. Roush
June 2018. xv, 224 pp.
How do the experiences of people who have different bodies (deaf versus hearing) shape their thoughts and metaphors? Do different linguistic modes of expression (signed versus spoken) have a shaping force as well? This book... read more
HCP 61
Evidence for Evidentiality
Edited by Ad Foolen, Helen de Hoop and Gijs Mulder
July 2018. vii, 313 pp.
Statements are always under the threat of the potential counter-question How do you know? To pre-empt this question, language users often indicate what kind of access they had to the communicated content: Their own perception,... read more
FTL 11
Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage
Edited by Augusto Soares da Silva
May 2021. xii, 442 pp.
Intersubjectivity and usage play central roles in figurative language and are pivotal notions for a cognitively realistic research on figures of thought, speech, and communication. This volume brings together thirteen studies... read more
FTL 9
Figurative Meaning Construction in Thought and Language
Edited by Annalisa Baicchi
August 2020. vii, 311 pp.
This volume brings together twelve usage-based studies conducted by leading researchers in language and cognition that explore core issues of figurativeness from the Cognitive Linguistics perspective. The individual chapters... read more
FTL 14
Figuring out FigurationA cognitive linguistic account
María Sandra Peña-Cervel and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
May 2022. ix, 296 pp.
This book combines explanatory breadth with analytical delicacy. It offers a comprehensive study of a broad array of traditional figures of speech by systematizing linguistic evidence of the cognitive processes underlying them.... read more
HCP 70
Grammar and CognitionDualistic models of language structure and language processing
Edited by Alexander Haselow and Gunther Kaltenböck
November 2020. vii, 358 pp.
This volume brings together linguistic, psychological and neurological research in a discussion of the Cognitive Dualism Hypothesis, whose central idea is that human cognitive activity in general and linguistic cognition in... read more
FTL 6
How Metaphors Guide, Teach and Popularize Science
Edited by Anke Beger and Thomas H. Smith
April 2020. vi, 332 pp.
Metaphors are essential to scientists themselves and strongly influence science communication. Through careful analyses of metaphors actually used in science texts, recordings, and videos, this book explores the... read more
Z 195
How to do Linguistics with RData exploration and statistical analysis
Natalia Levshina
November 2015. xi, 443 pp.
This book provides a linguist with a statistical toolkit for exploration and analysis of linguistic data. It employs R, a free software environment for statistical computing, which is increasingly popular among... read more
CLiP 4
Introduction to Cognitive Pragmatics
Klaus-Uwe Panther
March 2022. xxiii, 283 pp.
This textbook is designed for advanced (graduate and postgraduate) students, and will also be of interest to scholars. It blends a cognitive linguistic approach to language and language use with insights from contemporary... read more
FTL 1
Irony in Language Use and Communication
Edited by Angeliki Athanasiadou and Herbert L. Colston
December 2017. x, 282 pp.
The volume provides original research and analyses of the multi-faceted conceptual and verbal process(es) of irony. Key topics explored include interdisciplinary perspectives and approaches to the study of irony.... read more
HCP 64
Language Learning, Discourse and CognitionStudies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler
Edited by Lucy Pickering and Vyvyan Evans
December 2018. ix, 317 pp.
Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler comprises a collection of original empirically and theoretically motivated studies at the nexus of discourse analysis, cognitive... read more
CLSCC 13
Language, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life
Edited by Vera da Silva Sinha, Ana Moreno-Núñez and Zhen Tian
April 2020. viii, 319 pp.
The dynamics of language, culture and identity are a major focus for many linguists and cognitive and cultural researchers. This book explores the inextricable connection that language has with cultural identity and cultural... read more
HCP 63
Mental Models across LanguagesThe visual representation of baldness terms in German, English, and Japanese
Pawel Sickinger
December 2018. xv, 328 pp.
This book presents a study that triangulates the meanings of expressions across English, German and Japanese via their perception-based conceptual representations. In an online experiment, native speakers of the three languages... read more
CELCR 22
Metaphor Identification in Multiple LanguagesMIPVU around the world
Edited by Susan Nacey, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse
November 2019. vi, 330 pp.
This volume explores linguistic metaphor identification in a wide variety of languages and language families. The book is an essential read for anyone interested in researching language and metaphor, from students to experienced... read more
MiLCC 8
Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital AgeTheory and methods for building repositories of figurative language
Edited by Marianna Bolognesi, Mario Brdar and Kristina Š. Despot
August 2019. x, 263 pp.
This book describes methods, risks, and challenges involved in the construction of metaphor and metonymy digital repositories. The first part of this volume showcases established and new projects around the world in which... read more
CLSCC 11
Metaphor and National IdentityAlternative conceptualization of the Treaty of Trianon
Orsolya Putz
December 2019. xvii, 276 pp.
Due to the Treaty of Trianon – which was signed at the end of World War 1 in 1920 – Hungary lost two thirds of its former territory, as well as the inhabitants of these areas. The book aims to reveal why the treaty still plays a... read more
CELCR 14
A Method for Linguistic Metaphor IdentificationFrom MIP to MIPVU
Gerard J. Steen, Aletta G. Dorst, J. Berenike Herrmann, Anna A. Kaal, Tina Krennmayr and Tryntje Pasma
June 2010. xi, 238 pp.
This book presents a complete method for the identification of metaphor in language at the level of word use. It is based on extensive methodological and empirical corpus-linguistic research in two languages, English and Dutch.... read more
HCP 18
Methods in Cognitive Linguistics
Edited by Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, Irene Mittelberg, Seana Coulson and Michael J. Spivey
June 2007. xxviii, 452 pp.
Methods in Cognitive Linguistics is an introduction to empirical methodology for language researchers. Intended as a handbook to exploring the empirical dimension of the theoretical questions raised by Cognitive... read more
MiLCC 6
Mixing Metaphor
Edited by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
March 2016. xiv, 269 pp.
Mixing metaphors in speech, writing, and even gesture, is traditionally viewed as a sign of inconsistency in thought and language. Despite the prominence of mixed metaphors, there have been surprisingly few attempts to... read more
FTL 12
Modeling IronyA cognitive-pragmatic account
Inés Lozano-Palacio and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
February 2022. ix, 173 pp.
This book adopts a broad cognitive-pragmatic perspective on irony which sees ironic meaning as the result of complex inferential activity arising from conflicting conceptual scenarios. This view of irony is the basis for an... read more
HCP 59
Motion and Space across LanguagesTheory and applications
Edited by Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano
August 2017. xiv, 460 pp.
This volume offers a unique combination of interdisciplinary research and a comprehensive overview of motion and space studies from a semantic typological perspective. The chapters present cutting-edge research covering central... read more
FTL 2
Multimodal Metaphor and Metonymy in Advertising
Paula Pérez-Sobrino
December 2017. vii, 232 pp.
Metaphor and metonymy appeal to us because they evoke mental images in unique but still recognisable ways. The potential for figurative thought exists in everyone, and it pervades our everyday social interactions. In particular,... read more
FTL 13
The Multimodal Performance of Conversational Humor
Elisa Gironzetti
April 2022. xix, 235 pp.
This volume is the first monograph exploring the functions of visual cues in humor, advocating for the development of a non-linguocentric theory of humor performance. It analyzes a corpus of dyadic, face-to-face interactions in... read more
HCP 72
Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event DescriptionDeixis, asymmetries, constructions
Edited by Laure Sarda and Benjamin Fagard
Expected June 2022. xi, 271 pp. + index
The idea of this book on "Neglected Aspects of Motion-Event Description" comes from the observation that, over the last 30 years, much attention has been devoted to the manner/path divide in relation to the distinction between... read more
CELCR 19
Perception Metaphors
Edited by Laura J. Speed, Carolyn O'Meara, Lila San Roque and Asifa Majid
February 2019. vii, 382 pp.
Metaphor allows us to think and talk about one thing in terms of another, ratcheting up our cognitive and expressive capacity. It gives us concrete terms for abstract phenomena, for example, ideas become things we can grasp or... read more
FTL 7
Performing Metaphoric Creativity across Modes and Contexts
Edited by Laura Hidalgo-Downing and Blanca Kraljevic Mujic
May 2020. xi, 346 pp.
The creative potentiality of metaphor is one of the central themes in research on creativity. The present volume offers a space for the interdisciplinary discussion of the relationship between metaphor and creativity by focusing... read more
HCP 65
Perspectives on Abstract ConceptsCognition, language and communication
Edited by Marianna Bolognesi and Gerard J. Steen
June 2019. xii, 315 pp.
Human language is the most powerful communication system that evolution has produced. Within this system, we can talk about things we can physically see, such as cats and tables, but also about more abstract entities, such as... read more
FTL 15
Poetic MetaphorsCreativity and interpretation
Carina Rasse
Expected July 2022. xvii, 189 pp. + index
Poetry pushes metaphor to the limit. Consider how many different, dynamic, and interconnected dimensions (e.g., text, rhyme, rhythm, sound, and many more) a poem has, and how they all play a role in the ways (metaphorical)... read more
FTL 3
The Poetics of Time – Metaphors and Blends in Language and Literature
Anna Piata
February 2018. xviii, 206 pp.
How does the concept of time, elusive and inconceivable as it may be, lend itself to verbal creativity? Is it possible to trace something like a “poetics of time”? This book embarks on this endeavor initiated by the assumption... read more
LAL 30
The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter
Edited by Manuel Jobert and Sandrine Sorlin
April 2018. vi, 221 pp.
The Pragmatics of Irony and Banter is the first book-length study analysing irony and banter together. This approach, inherited from Geoffrey Leech’s research, implies that the two notions are intrinsically related.... read more
FTL 10
Producing Figurative ExpressionTheoretical, experimental and practical perspectives
Edited by John Barnden and Andrew Gargett
December 2020. viii, 549 pp.
This collection contains a selection of recent work on people’s production of figurative language (metaphoric, ironic, metonymic, hyperbolic, ...) and similarly of figurative expression in visual media and artefact design. The... read more
Z 217
Progress in Colour StudiesCognition, language and beyond
Edited by Lindsay W. MacDonald, Carole P. Biggam and Galina V. Paramei
November 2018. xx, 470 pp.
This volume presents authoritative and up-to-date research in colour studies by specialists across a wide range of academic disciplines, including vision science, psychology, psycholinguistics, linguistics, anthropology,... read more
FTL 8
Relevance Theory, Figuration, and Continuity in Pragmatics
Edited by Agnieszka Piskorska
May 2020. vii, 357 pp.
The chapters in this volume apply the methodology of relevance theory to develop accounts of various pragmatic phenomena which can be associated with the broadly conceived notion of style. Some of them are devoted to central... read more
CELCR 21
Representing Wine – Sensory Perceptions, Communication and Cultures
Rosario Caballero, Ernesto Suárez-Toste and Carita Paradis
October 2019. xii, 234 pp.
Wine culture is a complex phenomenon of increasing importance in modern society, and it combines the joys of wine appreciation with the frustrations of trying to verbally communicate sensory impressions. While wine appreciation... read more
CELCR 20
Sensory LinguisticsLanguage, perception and metaphor
Bodo Winter
April 2019. xiv, 289 pp.
One of the most fundamental capacities of language is the ability to express what speakers see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. Sensory Linguistics is the interdisciplinary study of how language relates to the senses. This book... read more
HCP 56
Studies in Figurative Thought and Language
Edited by Angeliki Athanasiadou
April 2017. x, 327 pp.
This volume contains original research and innovative analyses that deepen our understanding of figurative thought and language. The selected papers focus on the multi-faceted aspect of figuration, its function in thought, and... read more
DAPSAC 85
Variation in Political Metaphor
Edited by Julien Perrez, Min Reuchamps and Paul H. Thibodeau
August 2019. vi, 212 pp.
The objective of this book is to understand variation in political metaphor. Political metaphors are distinctive and important because they are used to achieve political goals: to persuade, to shape expectations, to realize... read more
CELCR 18
Visual MetaphorStructure and process
Edited by Gerard J. Steen
December 2018. vii, 198 pp.
Metaphor has recently been reconceptualised as a fundamental part of the human conceptual system. It can hence be expressed in language but also in other modalities and media of communication, including gesture and body language,... read more
CLSCC 10
“Self” in Language, Culture, and Cognition
Yanying Lu
November 2019. xv, 178 pp.
This book explores socio-cultural meanings of ‘self’ in the Chinese language through analysing a range of conversations among Chinese immigrants to Australia qualitatively on the topics of individuality, social... read more