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"This book reflects on the ways in which metaphor and metonymy are used conceptually and linguistically to mitigate the more difficult dimensions of death and dying, setting out a unique line of research within Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The volume argues that metaphor and metonymic descriptions of death and dying reflect taboos, concealment, and other considerations not found in figurative descriptions of life, producing distinct forms of euphemism, frames, and mental spaces particular to conc

Who reads Metonymies and Metaphors for Death Around the World?

Author

Wojciech Wachowski; Karen Sullivan

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor et Francis Group

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781032025315

Category

language

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25