31 Gibbs, Raymond W. Steen, Gerard 1999 Amsterdam; Philadelphia John Benjamins viii, 225 p 902723681X (Eur); 155619 Birmingham ; Edinburgh ; Metaphor 23 cmConference ; Bibliography includedIncludes bibliographical references and indexThis book contains a selection of refereed and revised papers originally presented at the 5th ICLC. After an introduction by the editors, the book opens with a chapter on historical precedents for the Cognitive Linguistic theory of metaphor.