The language of metaphors
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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997Description: xvi, 360 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0415128765 (hbk.); 9780415128766; 0415128773 (pbk.); 9780415128773 ; 020321000X ; 9780203210000Subject(s): English language | MetaphorDDC classification: 410 | 420 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Included Index.
1. Metaphorical and Literal Language --
2. Metaphor and the Dictionary: Root Analogies --
3. Metaphor and the Dictionary: Word-Class and Word-Formation --
4. How Different Kinds of Metaphors Work --
5. Relevance Theory and the Functions of Metaphor --
6. The Signalling of Metaphor --
7. The Specification of Topics --
8. The Specification of Grounds --
9. The Interplay of Metaphors --
10. Metaphor in its Social Context.
In this ambitious and wide-ranging textbook Andrew Goatly explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, he provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communicative situations, how we use them to communicate meaning as well as how we process them. This book:
* examines the distinction between literal and metaphorical language
* surveys the means by which metaphors are realised in texts
* locates the interpretation of metaphor in its social context
* contains tasks and suggestions for further work
* uses examples from a wide variety of genres, including conversation, popular science, advertising, news reports, novels and poetry.
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