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Argues that dialogic use of linguistic metaphor should be the primary site of investigation and theory building for metaphor studies, and that cognitive metaphor theory needs to be compatible with empirical findings from specific discourse contexts.

This monograph comprises the first complete treatment of the Irish language in social context throughout the whole of the island of Ireland, with a particular focus on contemporary society.

This book presents the thought of Charles S. Peirce and its relevancy to linguistics - in particular to semiotics, or the study of signs.