ABSTRACT
Prototypical studies in the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) tradition are often mainly interested in relating any identified linguistic metaphors to a relatively fixed set of conceptual metaphors (see Chapter 1). That is, in most of these studies, the textual patterning and systematicity of linguistic metaphors serves only as evidence for the existence of conventional patterns of thought, rather than being the object of study themselves. As pointed out by Semino (2008), among others, this has led to a systematic neglect of the specific forms, functions and effects of linguistic manifestations of metaphor.
