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Introduction
What makes a Figure?
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Herbert L. Colston
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Section I Embodiments entwined
- Chapter 1 The big figurative picture 14
- Chapter 2 Re-thinking embodiment in figuration 40
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Section II Figurativity and multimodality
- Chapter 3 Sources of incongruity in advertising 66
- Chapter 4 Multimodal meaning-making in opera 98
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Section III Figurative contiguities
- Chapter 5 Oxymoron and its interplay with metaphor and irony 126
- Chapter 6 Metonymy typologies revisited 160
- Chapter 7 How many metaphors can metaphor afford? 194
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Section IV Irony
- Chapter 8 What makes a verbal irony? 222
- Chapter 9 Understanding ironic echoing 248
- Chapter 10 Irony, intersubjectivity and construal 271
- Chapter 11 Verbal irony 305
- Index 321
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Section I Embodiments entwined
- Chapter 1 The big figurative picture 14
- Chapter 2 Re-thinking embodiment in figuration 40
-
Section II Figurativity and multimodality
- Chapter 3 Sources of incongruity in advertising 66
- Chapter 4 Multimodal meaning-making in opera 98
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Section III Figurative contiguities
- Chapter 5 Oxymoron and its interplay with metaphor and irony 126
- Chapter 6 Metonymy typologies revisited 160
- Chapter 7 How many metaphors can metaphor afford? 194
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Section IV Irony
- Chapter 8 What makes a verbal irony? 222
- Chapter 9 Understanding ironic echoing 248
- Chapter 10 Irony, intersubjectivity and construal 271
- Chapter 11 Verbal irony 305
- Index 321