"Conventional metaphorical expressions are widely used by native speakers in everyday language and have received extensive attention in theoretical semantics an

Conventional metaphorical expressions are widely used by native speakers in everyday language and have received extensive attention in theoretical semantics and

This book argues for an innovative approach to the systematic learning of metaphorical expressions, idioms and proverbs.Based on conceptual metaphor and image s

.First outlined by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) continues to thrive (e.g. Lakoff & Johnson 1992, Lakoff, 1993, 1999, 2008), by fi

This book demonstrates how metaphor needs to be researched using multiple methods of investigation.