Exploring the conceptual and linguistic roles of metaphor and metonymy, this book delves into how these figures of speech help navigate the challenging themes of death and dying. It presents a distinctive approach within Conceptual Metaphor Theory, offering insights into the ways language shapes our understanding and discourse surrounding mortality.
The general aim of this book is to contribute to a better understanding of metonymy, using the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics. The book argues for a conceptual rather than purely linguistic basis for metonymy and explores distinctions between metonymy and other figurative language.
This book explores the influence of culture and cognition on translation and communication. It investigates various languages and cultures (including Japanese, Hungarian, English, Czech, Polish, German and Swahili) and examines a range of linguistic and translation issues from a micro-scale perspective.