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Buchstaller, Isabelle and Ingrid van Alphen, eds. 2012. Quotatives. Cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary perspectives. (Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 15). John Benjamins. xxx+296 pp.
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Book – edited volume
Publication language
English

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Frames and constructions in metaphoric language shows how linguistic metaphor piggybacks on certain patterns of constructional meaning that have already been identified and studied in non-metaphoric language. Recognition of these shared semantic structures, and comparison of their roles in metaphoric and non-metaphoric constructions, make it possible to apply findings from Frame Semantics, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar to understand how conceptual metaphor surfaces in language.

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