Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Metaphor and metonymy: Fundamental issues -- Methodological issues in conceptual metaphor theory -- The structure of metaphor and idiom semantics (a cognitive approach) -- Why focus on target domains? The importance of domain knowledge in children's understanding of metaphors -- Salience and the conventionality of metonymies -- Part II: Metaphor and metonymy: Usage-based investigations -- The role of metaphor scenarios in disease management discourses: Foot and mouth disease and avian influenza -- "Overt" vs. "covert" cultural variance in metaphor usage: 'Europe' vs. Malta and the EU-membership debate -- Examining conceptual metaphor models through lexical frequency patterns: A case study of U.S. presidential speeches -- Metaphor, constructional ambiguity and the causative resultatives -- Part III: Conceptual blending -- Conceptual blending, relevance and novel N+N-compounds -- Blending and creativity in metaphorical compounds: A diachronic investigation -- Reference points in adjective-noun conceptual integration networks -- Conceptual blending, evaluation and common ground: George W. Bush and Saddam as friend or foe? -- Index.