Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- Chapter 1. Introductory remarks -- 1.1 Subject matter and central claims -- 1.2 Experientialism and the study of metaphor -- 1.3 The dawning of a new age? -- 1.4 Organization of the individual chapters -- Chapter 2. Metaphor and metonymy in cognitive linguistics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Criteria for distinguishing metaphor and metonymy -- 2.3 General problems with cognitivist analyses -- 2.4 An alternative approach -- 2.5 Summary -- Chapter 3. ARGUMENT IS WAR and Cognitive Linguistics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 ARGUMENT IS WAR in Lakoff/Johnson's works -- 3.3 Summary -- Chapter 4. Early cognitivists and the myth of objectivism -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Pre-echoes of Lakoff/Johnson's theory of metaphor -- 4.3 Objectivism, objectivity, and myths -- 4.4 Lakoff/Johnson's theory of truth -- 4.5 "The myth of objectivism": A close reading -- 4.6 Lakoff/Johnson (1999) on the Fregean tradition -- 4.7 Experientialist philosophy by other cognitivists -- 4.8 Summary -- Chapter 5. Cognitive semantics: The theoretical framework -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Family resemblances and mental images -- 5.3 Mental images and experientialist semantics -- 5.4 Basic-level categories and "direct understanding" -- 5.5 The foundation of cognitive semantics -- 5.6 Summary -- Chapter 6. Lakoff/Johnson's theory of metaphor -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Lakoff/Johnson on metaphorical concepts -- 6.3 Lakoff/Johnson on metaphorical "structuring" -- 6.4 Metaphorical definitions -- 6.5 Understanding metaphorical concepts -- 6.6 Lakoff/Johnson on the experiential basis of metaphors -- 6.7 A preliminary glance at Lakoff/Johnson (1999) -- 6.8 Summary -- Chapter 7. Metaphorical expressions - metaphorical concepts -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The level of generality of source domains -- 7.3 Alternative groupings of metaphorical expressions.

7.4 Case studies: Further examples and implications -- 7.5 Ordinary vs. metaphorical concepts -- 7.6 Family resemblances and metaphorical concepts -- 7.7 Summary -- Chapter 8. The conceptual metaphor view: Recent developments and criticism -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Psychological criticism of Lakoff/Johnson's theory -- 8.3 On primary metaphors -- 8.4 Family resemblances, primary metaphors, and complex metaphors -- 8.5 Summary -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Appendix: ARGUMENT IS WAR in Lakoff (1987) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.