Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi 1.Concepts We Live By 2.The Systematicity of Metaphorical Concepts 3.Metaphorical Systematicity:Highlighting and Hiding 4.Orientational Metaphors 5.Metaphor and Cultural Coherence 6.Ontological Metaphors 7.Personification 8.Metonymy 9.Challenges to Metaphorical Coherence 10.Some Further Examples 11.The Partial Nature of Metaphorical Structuring 12.How Is Our Conceptual System Grounded? 13.The Grounding of Structural Metaphors 14.Causation:Partly Emergent and Partly Metaphorical 15.The Coherent Structuring of Experience 16.Metaphorical Coherence viiContents Preface Acknowledgments ix xi 1. Concepts We Live By 2. The Systematicity of Metaphorical Concepts 3. Metaphorical Systematicity: Highlighting and Hiding 4. Orientational Metaphors 5. Metaphor and Cultural Coherence 6. Ontological Metaphors 7. Personification 8. Metonymy 9. Challenges to Metaphorical Coherence 10. Some Further Examples 11. The Partial Nature of Metaphorical Structuring 12. How Is Our Conceptual System Grounded? 13. The Grounding of Structural Metaphors 14. Causation: Partly Emergent and Partly Metaphorical 15. The Coherent Structuring of Experience 16. Metaphorical Coherence vii