Book contents
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 ‘I Am Trying to Climb Everest in Flip-Flops.’
- 2 ‘Would You Prefer a Pencil or an Antiseptic Wipe?’
- 3 ‘I’m Running on This Soapy Conveyor Belt with People Throwing Wet Sponges at Me.’
- 4 ‘This One Sounds Like A Bell and This One Sounds Like When You’re Dead.’
- 5 ‘I Did Not Know Where I Started and Where I Ended.’
- 6 ‘Those Cookies Tasted of Regret and Rotting Flesh.’
- 7 ‘Things Come Out of My Mouth That Shouldn’t Be There.’
- 8 ‘This Is My Body Which Will Be Given Up for You.’
- 9 ‘Malodorous Blacksmiths and Lazy Livers.’
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
10 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2019
Book contents
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Metaphors in the Mind
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 ‘I Am Trying to Climb Everest in Flip-Flops.’
- 2 ‘Would You Prefer a Pencil or an Antiseptic Wipe?’
- 3 ‘I’m Running on This Soapy Conveyor Belt with People Throwing Wet Sponges at Me.’
- 4 ‘This One Sounds Like A Bell and This One Sounds Like When You’re Dead.’
- 5 ‘I Did Not Know Where I Started and Where I Ended.’
- 6 ‘Those Cookies Tasted of Regret and Rotting Flesh.’
- 7 ‘Things Come Out of My Mouth That Shouldn’t Be There.’
- 8 ‘This Is My Body Which Will Be Given Up for You.’
- 9 ‘Malodorous Blacksmiths and Lazy Livers.’
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 10 sums up the main findings from the book, draws together the threads that run through the various chapters and presents a set of conclusions outlining what this analysis of variation has told us about the nature of embodied metaphor. It discusses the societal implications of variation in the experience of embodied metaphor.
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- Metaphors in the MindSources of Variation in Embodied Metaphor, pp. 214 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019