Frames and constructions in metaphoric language.

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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents ; Chapter 1. Metaphoric language and metaphoric thought ; 1.1 Conceptual metaphor ; 1.2 Words and constructions ; 1.3 Objectives and overview of the book ; 1.4 Framework and terminology ; Chapter 2. Frames in metaphor and meaning ; 2.1 Opening the semantic toolbox ; 2.2 What are semantic frames? ; 2.3 What are domains? ; 2.4 Frame structure in metaphor input domains ; 2.5 A frame-semantic model of autonomy and dependence ; Chapter 3. Frames and lexical choice in metaphor.

3.1 Introduction and methodology 3.2 The Invariance Principle ; 3.3 Having a sunny disposition: Lexical choice in happiness is light ; 3.4 A brilliant plan: Lexical choice in intelligence is light-emission ; 3.5 The metaphoric and non-metaphoric senses of bright ; 3.6 Understanding is seeing and comprehensibility is visibility ; 3.7 Adjectives vs. adverbs: Brilliantly, clearly, brightly and sunnily ; Chapter 4. Frames in metonymic inferencing ; 4.1 Unmasking a metaphor look-alike ; 4.2 A frame-based model of metonymic inferencing ; 4.3 See 'meet with' and be seeing 'be dating'

4.4 Comparison with metaphor Chapter 5. Two types of adjective construction in metaphor ; 5.1 Constructional constraints on metaphor ; 5.2 Domain constructions ; 5.3 Predicating modifier constructions ; 5.4 Compounds ; Chapter 6. Argument structure constructions in metaphor ; 6.1 Verbs and their arguments ; 6.2 Intransitives ; 6.3 Domain-neutral items ; 6.4 Transitive constructions ; 6.5 Resultatives ; 6.6 Ditransitive constructions ; 6.7 Equations ; 6.8 A note on similes ; Chapter 7. Metaphoric preposition phrases and closed-class items ; 7.1 Variability in preposition phrases.

7.2 Relational nouns in PPs 7.3 Event nouns in PPs ; 7.4 The role of prepositions in specifying relations ; 7.5 Limitations on metaphoric closed-class items ; 7.6 Other closed classes ; Chapter 8. Repeated domain evocation and xyz constructions ; 8.1 Combining metaphoric constructions ; 8.2 Multiple target-domain items ; 8.3 Multiple source-domain items ; 8.4 The xyz constructions ; 8.5 Multiple source- and target-domain items ; 8.6 Combining conceptual metaphors ; Chapter 9. Metaphoric constructions beyond the clause ; 9.1 A range of constructional complexity ; 9.2 Relative clauses.

9.3 Conditionals 9.4 Parallelism ; 9.5 Negation of the literal ; 9.6 Allegory ; Chapter 10. Conclusion ; 10.1 Limitations ; 10.2 Building bridges ; References ; Primary sources ; Index of constructions ; Index.

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