Corpus based approaches to metaphor and metonymy

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This volume explores the relationship between corpus data and cognitive linguistics, focusing on conceptual mappings. The authors examine various issues, including the coherence of metaphorical models, the interaction of form and meaning, and the identification of metaphorical source domains. They also investigate the relationship between metaphor and discourse, metaphor priming, and the historical evolution of metaphors. The studies cover a range of metaphorical and metonymic domains, such as SPACE, ANIMALS, BODY PARTS, ORGANIZATIONS, and WAR, with target domains including VERBAL ACTIVITY, ECONOMY, EMOTIONS, and POLITICS. The authors employ diverse corpus-linguistic methods, such as annotated corpora for semantic categories and concordances of source and target-domain items. Overall, the papers demonstrate how corpus-linguistic methods can address various cognitive linguistics issues, revealing new insights into the interplay between language as a conceptual and textual phenomenon. The integration of these methods with cognitive-linguistic perspectives on metaphor and metonymy provides fresh answers to both longstanding and emerging questions.