Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Mixing Metaphor -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. Mixing metaphor in perspective -- 2. Summary of the chapters -- A view of "mixed metaphor" within a conceptual metaphor theory framework -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Some questions about mixed metaphors -- 1.2.1 Why are imagistically incongruent metaphors selected at a particular point in discourse? -- 1.2.2 Why are mixed metaphors so common? -- 1.2.3 Why do we have cases of metaphorically entirely homogeneous discourse?
