Mokhtar Ounis is a linguist who earned his PhD from the University of Toulon in France, where he conducted research on the use of conceptual metaphors in political communication. He has been a faculty member at the University of Hail in Saudi Arabia for ten years, where he has taught courses in linguistics and related fields.

• ContentsPreface1. Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1. Defining key terms1.2. Scope of this study1.3. Structure of this book2. Chapter 2: Navigating Prepositions2.1. Defining prepositions2.2. Polysemy: networks and principles2.3. Cognitive grammar’s view of prepositions2.4. Prepositions’ cognitive potential2.5. Prepositions’ contextual dynamics2.6. Prepositions’ axiological framing3. Chapter 3: Metaphor: Insights from Classical and Cognitive Approaches3.1. Classical views on metaphor3.2. Cognitive view on metaphor4. Chapter 4: The Power of Prepositions in Political Discourse4.1. Political language4.2. The history of political discourse analysis4.3. The inaugural addresses and their generic properties4.4. Conceptual metaphors in political discourse4.5. The evolution trends of inaugural addresses4.6. Metaphor variation and diachronic approach5. Chapter 5: A Prepositional Portrait: Corpus and Frequency5.1. Corpus linguistics and metaphor research5.2. The Inaugural Corpus5.3. The prepositions’ frequency patterns5.4. Tracking the preposition-to-word ratio6. Chapter 6 Unpacking Metaphorical Patterns6.1. Conceptual mappings of the metaphor-related prepositions6.2. System metaphors and cross-system mapping6.3. The coherence of metaphors6.4. Prepositions and their metonymic basis6.5. Conceptual notation revisited7. Chapter 7: Beyond Spatial Metaphors7.1. The cognitive model: an overview7.2. Conceptual identity7.3. Conceptual space8. Chapter 8: Tracing Patterns of Change and Stability8.1. Metaphor variations8.2. Patterns of diachronic variations9. Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks 9.1. How are prepositions distributedin the Inaugural Corpus?9.2. What is the conceptual basis of metaphor-related prepositions?9.3. How do metaphor-related prepositions mix?9.4. Do metaphor-related prepositions reflect any systematic conceptualizations?9.5. How do metaphor-related prepositions vary across history?9.6. Final wordsIndex

Mokhtar Ounis is a linguist who earned his PhD from the University of Toulon in France, where he conducted research on the use of conceptual metaphors in political communication. He has been a faculty member at the University of Hail in Saudi Arabia for ten years, where he has taught courses in linguistics and related fields.

• ContentsPreface1. Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1. Defining key terms1.2. Scope of this study1.3. Structure of this book2. Chapter 2: Navigating Prepositions2.1. Defining prepositions2.2. Polysemy: networks and principles2.3. Cognitive grammar’s view of prepositions2.4. Prepositions’ cognitive potential2.5. Prepositions’ contextual dynamics2.6. Prepositions’ axiological framing3. Chapter 3: Metaphor: Insights from Classical and Cognitive Approaches3.1. Classical views on metaphor3.2. Cognitive view on metaphor4. Chapter 4: The Power of Prepositions in Political Discourse4.1. Political language4.2. The history of political discourse analysis4.3. The inaugural addresses and their generic properties4.4. Conceptual metaphors in political discourse4.5. The evolution trends of inaugural addresses4.6. Metaphor variation and diachronic approach5. Chapter 5: A Prepositional Portrait: Corpus and Frequency5.1. Corpus linguistics and metaphor research5.2. The Inaugural Corpus5.3. The prepositions’ frequency patterns5.4. Tracking the preposition-to-word ratio6. Chapter 6 Unpacking Metaphorical Patterns6.1. Conceptual mappings of the metaphor-related prepositions6.2. System metaphors and cross-system mapping6.3. The coherence of metaphors6.4. Prepositions and their metonymic basis6.5. Conceptual notation revisited7. Chapter 7: Beyond Spatial Metaphors7.1. The cognitive model: an overview7.2. Conceptual identity7.3. Conceptual space8. Chapter 8: Tracing Patterns of Change and Stability8.1. Metaphor variations8.2. Patterns of diachronic variations9. Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks 9.1. How are prepositions distributedin the Inaugural Corpus?9.2. What is the conceptual basis of metaphor-related prepositions?9.3. How do metaphor-related prepositions mix?9.4. Do metaphor-related prepositions reflect any systematic conceptualizations?9.5. How do metaphor-related prepositions vary across history?9.6. Final wordsIndex

Mokhtar Ounis is a linguist who earned his PhD from the University of Toulon in France, where he conducted research on the use of conceptual metaphors in political communication. He has been a faculty member at the University of Hail in Saudi Arabia for ten years, where he has taught courses in linguistics and related fields.

• ContentsPreface1. Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1. Defining key terms1.2. Scope of this study1.3. Structure of this book2. Chapter 2: Navigating Prepositions2.1. Defining prepositions2.2. Polysemy: networks and principles2.3. Cognitive grammar’s view of prepositions2.4. Prepositions’ cognitive potential2.5. Prepositions’ contextual dynamics2.6. Prepositions’ axiological framing3. Chapter 3: Metaphor: Insights from Classical and Cognitive Approaches3.1. Classical views on metaphor3.2. Cognitive view on metaphor4. Chapter 4: The Power of Prepositions in Political Discourse4.1. Political language4.2. The history of political discourse analysis4.3. The inaugural addresses and their generic properties4.4. Conceptual metaphors in political discourse4.5. The evolution trends of inaugural addresses4.6. Metaphor variation and diachronic approach5. Chapter 5: A Prepositional Portrait: Corpus and Frequency5.1. Corpus linguistics and metaphor research5.2. The Inaugural Corpus5.3. The prepositions’ frequency patterns5.4. Tracking the preposition-to-word ratio6. Chapter 6 Unpacking Metaphorical Patterns6.1. Conceptual mappings of the metaphor-related prepositions6.2. System metaphors and cross-system mapping6.3. The coherence of metaphors6.4. Prepositions and their metonymic basis6.5. Conceptual notation revisited7. Chapter 7: Beyond Spatial Metaphors7.1. The cognitive model: an overview7.2. Conceptual identity7.3. Conceptual space8. Chapter 8: Tracing Patterns of Change and Stability8.1. Metaphor variations8.2. Patterns of diachronic variations9. Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks 9.1. How are prepositions distributedin the Inaugural Corpus?9.2. What is the conceptual basis of metaphor-related prepositions?9.3. How do metaphor-related prepositions mix?9.4. Do metaphor-related prepositions reflect any systematic conceptualizations?9.5. How do metaphor-related prepositions vary across history?9.6. Final wordsIndex