Intersubjectivity and usage play central roles in figurative language and are pivotal notions for a cognitively realistic research on figures of thought, speech

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universit'at M'unchen, 2008.

The contents of the volume prove the vitality of cognitive linguistic studies of figuration when combined with new research methodologies, in tandem with other

Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and focuses on the social factors that underlie the variability of m

As culture and society has become more digitalized, especially when computer science and digital technologies have entered a new era in the twenty-first century