Time, Metaphor, and Language A Cognitive Science Perspective

1. Introduction: 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Overview; 2. The theory of metaphor: from language to cognition: 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Metaphor as linguistic flourish; 2.3. Metaphor comes into the mind; 2.4. Metaphor as interaction; 2.5. Metaphor as cognitive mapping; 2.6. Metaphor as conceptual blending; 2.7. Metaphor identification; 2.8. Metaphorical realities; 2.9. Time in the words of space; 2.10. Chapter conclusion; 3. Metaphor beyond language: testing the conceptual connections: 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Conceptual connections revealed by metaphor; 3.3. Psychological reality of metaphors; 3.4. Testing the space-time connection: Next Wednesday's meeting; 3.5. Chapter conclusion; 4. Time in space: cross-linguistic variation and metaphor: 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Orientation in space; 4.3. Orientation in time; 4.4. Motion in space; 4.5 Moving into metaphor; 4.6 Moving through time; 4.7 Chapter conclusion; 5. Conceptualizing time through language and space: 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Metaphor in the words we say; 5.3. Changing words, changing metaphors; 5.4. The hands as a window into the mind: evidence from gesture; 5.5. Mapping cultural artifacts to temporal reasoning; 5.6. Mapping metaphor to the world: disentangling lateral and sagittal mental timelines; 5.7. When space skips language: the linguistic structuring of space and non-linguistic metaphor; 5.8. Chapter conclusion; 6. Bringing in the cognizer: 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Woeful or wonderful Wednesdays?: approach and avoidance motivations; 6.3. Broadening the net: the multifaceted individual; 6.4. Chapter conclusion; 7. Time across paradigms: 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Focus through the lens of culture; 7.3. Focus through an individual lens; 7.4. Broadening the focus: generalizability of the effects; 7.5. Chapter conclusion; 8. Discussion: 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Summary of the arguments; 8.3. Moving beyond time and space; 8.4. The bigger picture; 8.5. Concluding thoughts; References; Index.