Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Metaphors in language and thought -- A "decorative" viewof metaphor -- Conceptual Metaphor Theory -- Corpus linguistics -- Summary -- I. Current models of metaphor and metonymy -- 1. Conceptual Metaphor Theory and language -- Main tenets of Conceptual Metaphor Theory -- Some implications of Conceptual Metaphor Theory for language description -- Exploring linguistic metaphors as evidence for Conceptual Metaphor Theory -- Summary and conclusion -- 2. Defining metaphor -- Introduction -- Types of linguistic metaphor -- Degrees of metaphoricity: Two models -- Degrees of metaphoricity: A corpus-based classification -- Metaphor and grammar -- Metaphor and "empty" words -- Conclusion -- 3. Metaphor and metonymy -- Introduction -- Metonymy -- Combinations of metaphor and metonymy -- A cline from metaphor to metonymy -- Conclusion -- II. Current research into metaphor -- 4. Corpus research into metaphor -- Corpora and language analysis -- Issues in corpus research -- Using corpora to research metaphor -- Summary -- Note -- 5. Cognitive and psycholinguistic approaches to metaphor research -- Introduction -- Questions -- Research methodologies -- Corpus perspectives on cognitive and psycholinguistic research methodology -- Conclusion -- 6. Discourse approaches to metaphor research -- Introduction -- Questions -- Methodology -- The ideological use of metaphor -- Metaphor, meaning and the developing discourse -- A corpus perspective on discourse studies -- Conclusion -- III. The examination of corpus data -- 7. The grammar of metaphor -- Introduction -- Approaches to grammar and metaphor -- Metaphor and part of speech -- Detailed grammatical patterning -- Implications -- Conclusion.

8. Semantic relations in source and target domains -- Introduction -- Metaphorical mapping -- Corpus investigations: Plants -- Corpus investigations: Light and dark -- Summary and conclusion -- Note -- 9. Metaphor and collocation -- Introduction -- Collocation and corpus data -- Idiom -- Collocation and meaning -- Metaphorical mapping of collocates in the corpus -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion -- Introduction -- Language and metaphor -- Corpus linguistics and cognitive metaphor theory -- Further work -- References -- Index -- The series Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research.