Metaphor and Thought

Metaphor and Thought, first published in 1979, reflects the surge of interest in and research into the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought. In this revised and expanded second edition, the editor has invited the contributors to update their original essays to reflect any changes in their thinking. Reorganised to accomodate the shifts in central theoretical issues, the volume also includes six new chapters that present important and influential new ideas about metaphor that have appeared in such fields as the the philosophy of science, linguistics, psychology, education and artificial intelligence.Metaphor and Thought, 2 was published 1994 under ISBN 9780521405478 and ISBN 0521405475.