The Ubiquity of metaphor : metaphor in language and thought

1. Introduction (by Dirven, Rene); 2. Part 1. Metaphor and the system of languages; 3. Semiotic aspects of metaphor (by Noth, Winfried); 4. "Conventional" and "dead" metaphors revisited (by Traugott, Elizabeth Closs); 5. Towards an explanatory theory of metaphor (by Muhlhausler, Peter); 6. Metaphor as a basic means for extending the lexicon (by Dirven, Rene); 7. polysemy, tropes and cognition or the non-magrittian art of closing curtains whilst opening them (by Jongen, Rene); 8. Context dependence and metaphor (by Bosch, Peter); 9. Part 2. Metaphor and language Use; 10. Spatial metaphors underlying propositions of causality (by Radden, Gunter); 11. Metaphoric processes in word formation. The case of prefixed verbs (by Rudzka-Ostyn, Brygida); 12. Linguistic and extralinguistic aids for reconstruction and interpretation of metaphors in headlines (by Knop, Sabine De); 13. Metaphors and their aptness in trade names for perfumes (by Vorlat, Emma); 14. the translation of metaphor (by Newmark, Peter); 15. Part 3. Metaphor and psycholinguistic processes; 16. Some implications of metaphor for philosophy and psychology of science (by Hoffman, Robert R.); 17. Representation in cognitive psychological theories of figurative language (by Honeck, Richard P.); 18. Metaphor and the first words (by Paprotte, Wolf); 19. A devlopmental analysis of metaphoric competence and reading (by Pickens, James D.); 20. Metaphoric productions and preferences in second language learners (by Trosbrog, Anna); 21. Metaphor production and comprehension in Aphasia (by Stachowiak, Franz-Josef); 22. Visual imagery and metaphor in british sign language (by Woll, Bencie)