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The Ubiquity of Metaphor

Metaphor in language and thought
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1985

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This volume brings together a number of articles representative of the present outlook on the importance of metaphors, and of the work done on metaphors in several domains of (psycho)linguistics. The first part of the volume deals with metaphor and the system of language. The second part offers papers on metaphor and language use. In the third part psychological and psycholinguistic aspects of metaphor are discussed.

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    Prelim pages

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    Table of contents

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    Introduction

    vii
    René Dirven and Wolf Paprotté
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  • Part 1. Metaphor and the system of languages
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    Semiotic aspects of metaphor

    1
    Winfried Nöth
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    “Conventional” and “dead” metaphors revisited

    17
    Elizabeth Closs Traugott
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    Towards an explanatory theory of metaphor

    57
    Peter Mühlhäusler
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    Metaphor as a basic means for extending the lexicon

    85
    René Dirven
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    polysemy, tropes and cognition or the non-magrittian art of closing curtains whilst opening them

    121
    René Jongen
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    Context dependence and metaphor

    141
    Peter Bosch
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  • Part 2. Metaphor and language Use
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    Spatial metaphors underlying propositions of causality

    179
    Günter Radden
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    Metaphoric processes in word formation. The case of prefixed verbs

    211
    Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn
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    Linguistic and extralinguistic aids for reconstruction and interpretation of metaphors in headlines

    245
    Sabine De Knop
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    Metaphors and their aptness in trade names for perfumes

    265
    Emma Vorlat
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    The translation of metaphor

    295
    Peter Newmark
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  • Part 3. Metaphor and psycholinguistic processes
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    Some implications of metaphor for philosophy and psychology of science

    329
    Robert R. Hoffman
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    Representation in cognitive psychological theories of figurative language

    383
    Richard P. Honeck and Clare T. Kibler
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    Metaphor and the first words

    427
    Wolf Paprotté
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    A devlopmental analysis of metaphoric competence and reading

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    James D. Pickens, Marilyn R. Pollio and Howard R. Pollio
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    Metaphoric productions and preferences in second language learners

    527
    Anna Trosbrog
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    Metaphor production and comprehension in Aphasia

    561
    Franz-Josef Stachowiak
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    Visual imagery and metaphor in british sign language

    603
    Bencie Woll
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This book is in the series
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.29
eBook ISBN: 9789027286376
Keywords for this book
Semiotics; Psycholinguistics; Cognition and language
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Professional and scholarly;
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