This book explores how metaphoric conceptualizations of time arise from an interplay between space, context, and individual characteristics.

How did the Homeric narrator use metaphors of time, speech, and thought to compose and structure the Iliad and Odyssey?

This volume offers new insights into figurative language and its pervasive role as a factor of linguistic change. The case studies included in this book explore

One of the most enigmatic aspects of experience concerns time. Since pre-Socratic times scholars have speculated about the nature of time, asking questions such

The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. This book explores the critical role that concep