Poetic effects: a relevance theory perspective
"This study presents an approach to metaphor than systematically takes contextual factors into account. It analyses how metaphors both depend on, and change, the context in which they are uttered, and specifically, how metaphorical interpretation involves the articulation of ass…
"When psychologists speak of human memory as a matter of "retrieving" earlier "input" from "storage," they are basing their discussion of memory upon a series of metaphors drawn from cybernetic theory (the science of communication and control) and computer technology. Similarly,…
Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico…
Since the 1980s, metaphor has received much attention in linguistics in general. Within Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) the area of 'grammatical metaphor' has become increasingly more important. This volume aims to raise and debate problematic issues in the study of lexico…
