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Metaphor in Culture

Universality and Variation

ZOLTÁN KÖVECSES

Eötvös Loránd University

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Kövecses, Zoltán.
Metaphor in culture : universality and variation / Zoltán Kövecses.
p.  cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-521-84447-9
1. Metaphor. 2. Universals (Linguistics) 3. Language and languages – Variation. 4. Language and culture. 5. Cognitive grammar. I. Title.
P301.5.M48K679   2005
306.44–dc22       2004051843

ISBN 0 521 84447 9 hardback