Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Metaphors: Human Use And Computer Processing -- 2. Computational Models Of Metaphor -- 3. A Semantic-Component-Based Approach -- 4. The Role Of Abstraction -- 5. Processing Cross-Modal Verbal Metaphor -- 6. Nominal Metaphor -- 7. Metaphoric Idioms -- 8. Conclusion: Possibilities And Limits -- Index