New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. — 230 p. — ISBN10: 0230304826; ISBN13: 978-0230304826.
An investigation of the historical evolution of figurative language within the framework of cognitive linguistics. It examines how and why metaphors evolve through the ages; discusses the role of culture; patterns of metaphor evolution; how many people use particular expressions.
The Thought/Language Interface
Diachronic Universality
Diachronic Conceptual Variation
Diachronic Salience in Love Analogies
Semantic Fields and Colour
Long-Term Trends
Time-Specific Mappings in War: The Crusades
Cultural Change in Western War Mappings since the Late Middle Ages
Diachronic Mapping at the Conceptual/Linguistic Interface
Cultural History in the Evolution of Conceptual Mapping