Metaglossia: The Translation World

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An Aboriginal language centre in Western Australia's Pilbara says it hopes a bilingual story book will help preserve a traditional language described as critically endangered.

Expected March 2012. vi, 357 pp. + index
Publishing status: In production
Hardbound – Forthcoming 
ISBN 978 90 272 0405 9 | EUR 95.00 | USD 143.00

“ Endangered Metaphors offers a fascinating collection of articles looking at metaphoric language in languages that are slowly vanishing from the world's landscape. These chapters focus on many issues related to metaphor theory, including questions on the universality and cultural specificity of conceptual metaphors, and topics associated with globalization in human languages and culture. The range of linguistic data explored is incredibly impressive [...]. Endangered Metaphors is a wonderful addition to the new book series on Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts.
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Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., University of California, Santa Cruz