Theories of metaphor revised : against a cognitive theory of metaphor: an apology for classical metaphor / by Stephan Kessler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kessler, Stephan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 pages)

Edition:

2., revised edition

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Germany Logos Verlag Berlin 2018

Berlin : Logos Verlag, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long description: Research that deals with metaphors and linguistic imagery has increased in the last thirty years. However, studies that question existing theories of metaphor from a comparative perspective are less common. The reason for the present theoretical sketch was the metaphorical model of conceptualism, alias the cognitive theory of metaphor: at least with this theory, `metaphor' itself has become a metaphor, and the classical, rhetorical metaphor has been sidelined. Kessler's book not only criticises existing theories of metaphor, but also develops from them a discursive synthesis that seeks to rehabilitate the classical metaphor as an everyday pragmalinguistic phenomenon. For this purpose, the nature of thought, the mental lexicon, predication and word semantics are also covered.

Notes:

PublicationDate: 20180530

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783832590789

3832590781

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.30819/4701