A comprehensive collection of essays from a variety of disciplines such as Linguistics, Philosophy, Anthropology, Music, as well as Psychology. Contributors: George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, Gilles Fauconnier, Mark Turner, Sam Glucksberg, Dan Sperber, Deirdre Wilson, Dedre Gentner, Brian Bowdle, Walter Kintsch, Rachel Giora, Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr., Teenie Matlock, Seana Coulson, Lynne Cameron, Graham Low, Elena Semino, Gerard Steen, Ning Yu, Josef Stern, Alice Deignan, Yeshayahu Shen, John Barnden, Rafael Nunez, Steven L. Winter, Zoltán Kövecses, Linda M. McMullen, Antal F. Borbely, Cristina Cacciari, John M. Kennedy, Charles Forceville, Alan Cienki, Cornelia Mueller, Lawrence Zbikowski.