Chapter 1 Figurative Conceptualisations of the Nation(-State)

Chapter 2 Nation, Nationalism and Metaphor

Chapter 3 The Nation as a Body or Person in Present-Day British Political Discourse

Chapter 4 Cultural Conceptualisations of the Nation as a Body or Person: Scenario Analysis of Metaphor Interpretations

Chapter 5 The Nation as a Body or Person in the English L1 Sample

Chapter 6 The Nation as a Body or Person in the German L1 Sample and Other Germanic L1 Samples: Dutch, Norwegian

Chapter 8 The Nation as a Body or Person in Slavic L1-Language Samples: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian

Chapter 9 The Nation as a Body or Person in Other European L1 Language Samples: Hungarian, Lithuanian and Greek

Chapter 10 The Nation as a Body or Person in L1 Language Samples from Middle Eastern Countries: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Israel, Pakistan

Chapter 11 Understanding the Nation as Body/Person from Asian Perspectives: China and Japan

Chapter 12 Cultural Variation in Figurative Scenarios of the Nation’s Body and/or Person