Introducing Metaphor

<p>Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language and metaphor in other languages and translation. Rosamund Moon and Murray Knowles draw on a wide selection of material to explore metaphor in relation to text discourse and society. Linguistic metaphor and literary metaphor are examined across a range of contexts such as politics sport and advertising whilst literary metaphor is demonstrated through authentic extracts from fiction and poetry. A final section covering non-verbal metaphor looks at metaphor in art cinema and music.</p>