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The language of metaphors / Andrew Goatly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997, 2000Description: xvi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415128773
  • 9780415128773
  • 0415128765
  • 9780415128766
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420
LOC classification:
  • PE1421. G55 1997
Contents:
List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Typographical conventions -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Metaphorical and Literal Language -- 2. Metaphor and the Dictionary: Root Analogies -- 3. Metaphor and the Dictionary: Word-Class and Word-Formation -- 4. How Different Kinds of Metaphors Work -- 5. Relevance Theory and the Functions of Metaphor -- 6. The Signalling of Metaphor -- 7. The Specification of Topics -- 8. The Specification of Grounds -- 9. The Interplay of Metaphors -- 10. Metaphor in its Social Context -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 420 GOA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A285289B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index.

List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Typographical conventions -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Metaphorical and Literal Language -- 2. Metaphor and the Dictionary: Root Analogies -- 3. Metaphor and the Dictionary: Word-Class and Word-Formation -- 4. How Different Kinds of Metaphors Work -- 5. Relevance Theory and the Functions of Metaphor -- 6. The Signalling of Metaphor -- 7. The Specification of Topics -- 8. The Specification of Grounds -- 9. The Interplay of Metaphors -- 10. Metaphor in its Social Context -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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