| Metaphor: Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kittay, Eva Feder (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198242468 ISBN-13: 9780198242468 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1990 Annotation: A detailed revision and refinement of the "semantic theory of metaphor," this book provides a comprehensive philosophical theory explicating metaphor's cognitive contribution. According to the author, metaphor effects a transference of meaning, not between two terms, but between two structured domains of content, or "semantic fields." Semantic fields, construed as necessary to a theory of word-meaning, provide the contrastive and affinitive relations that govern a term's literal use. In a metaphoric use, these relations are projected into a second domain which is thereby reordered with significant cognitive effects. Amply illustrated with sensitive and systematic analyses of metaphors found in literature, philosophy, science, and quotidian language, this book forges a new understanding of the relation between metaphoric and literal meaning. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 808 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.54" W x 8.5" (0.86 lbs) 372 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A detailed revision and refinement of the semantic theory of metaphor, this book provides a comprehensive philosophical theory explicating metaphor's cognitive contribution. According to the author, metaphor effects a transference of meaning, not between two terms, but between two structured domains of content, or semantic fields. Semantic fields, construed as necessary to a theory of word-meaning, provide the contrastive and affinitive relations that govern a term's literal use. In a metaphoric use, these relations are projected into a second domain which is thereby reordered with significant cognitive effects. Amply illustrated with sensitive and systematic analyses of metaphors found in literature, philosophy, science, and quotidian language, this book forges a new understanding of the relation between metaphoric and literal meaning. |