Zoltán Kövecses is Professor Emeritus at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His research interests include conceptual metaphor theory, the language and conceptualization of emotions, the cognition-culture interface, and metaphorical idioms. Most recently, he is working on the potential prehistoric origins of metaphor.
Major publications:
2020: Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2015: Where Metaphors Come From. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2010: Metaphor. A Practical Introduction (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2006: Language, Mind, and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2005: Metaphor in Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2000/2003: Metaphor and Emotion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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