What is it about?
The book review critiques Sullivan's book and finds it is well-written, describes research work and issues important to researchers in the field of cognitive linguistics, and reaches conclusions of import to future study in conceptual metaphor theory.
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Why is it important?
The book review concludes that 1) a major issue in conceptual metaphor research is the overlap between the construct of the "frame" and a specific conceptual metaphor. The lack of separation between these concepts suggests that they are the same construct, not different ones, which may allow for a more straightforward study methodology and data analysis procedure. 2) providing more linguistic context in the data samples may have in turn provided additional support for Sullivan's conclusions.
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Sullivan's book is an illuminating example of the scientific method applied to conceptual metaphor research. The researcher is highly consistent and logical in applying the underlying theoretical principles and methodological procedures to the linguistic data. A highly instructive and useful study for researchers in the field.
James Mischler
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
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This page is a summary of: Review of Sullivan (2013): Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language, English Text Construction, November 2014, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/etc.7.2.09mis.
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