Context and connection in metaphor

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How do people understand metaphorical language? How do metaphors affect the way people experience their social interactions? Do people always interpret metaphors? Does a metaphor necessarily have the same meaning for different people? Can a commonplace metaphor affect the way people think even if they don't interpret it? Why does it matter how people interpret metaphors? The author proposes an original communication-based theory of metaphor that answers these and other questions about metaphors…

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Full title :Context and connection in metaphor / L. David Ritchie.

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Publication Date:2006

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Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Houndmills (Hampshire)
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006

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Description:XIV, 248 p. : 22 cm

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ISBN:9781403997661, 1403997667
oclc:ocn434440898

Índice: Introduction. Attributional and Relational Models of Metaphor. Conceptual Metaphor Theory. Conceptual Integration. Context. Context-Limited Simulation and Metaphor. Context-Limited Simulators Theory (CLST). Conversation, Context, and Social Structure. Implications of CLS Theory. References. Index.