Metaphor: A Practical Introduction is an invaluable resource for all readers interested in metaphor. An excellent introduction to conceptual metaphor, one which undergraduate students, graduate students, and general readers will find accessible yet thought-provoking. The second edition has been significantly updated and improved, while retaining the features that have made it a well-loved book for students, such as clear expression, interesting exercises with a useful key, concise chapter summaries, and a very handy index of metaphors and metonymies. This edition includes two new chapters-on 'metaphors in discourse' and 'metaphor and emotion' -along with new exercises, responses to criticism and recent developments in the field, and revised student exercises, tables, and figures.