The Semantics of Metaphor / Samuel R. Levin.
Originally published in 1977. The Semantics of Metaphor presents a theory for the metaphoric construal of deviant sentences. The theory has two aspects. The first relates to metaphor considered as a productive process of language and describes the mechanisms that operate in its semantic interpretati...
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 158 pages :); illustrations) |
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Table of Contents:
- Pragmatic deviance
- The problem of linguistically deviant expressions
- Modes of construal
- The construal rules
- Comparison of the theory (T) with other theories of metaphor
- Metaphor and truth
- Poetic metaphor.