Creativity and convention : the pragmatics of everyday figurative speech /

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This book offers a pragmatic account of the interpretation of everyday metaphorical and idiomatic expressions. Using the framework of Relevance Theory, it reanalyses the results of recent experimental research on figurative utterances and provides a novel account of the interplay of creativity and c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vega Moreno, Rosa E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 156.
Temas:
Psycholinguistics.
Figures of speech.
Pragmatics.
Metaphor.
Idioms.
Psycholinguistics
Metaphor
Psycholinguistique.
Pragmatique.
Métaphore.
Idiotismes.
psycholinguistics.
pragmatics.
metaphor.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics.
Figures of speech
Idioms
Pragmatics
Pragmatiek.
Stijlfiguren.
Omgangstaal.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book offers a pragmatic account of the interpretation of everyday metaphorical and idiomatic expressions. Using the framework of Relevance Theory, it reanalyses the results of recent experimental research on figurative utterances and provides a novel account of the interplay of creativity and convention in figurative interpretation, showing how features 'emerge' during metaphor comprehension and how literal meaning contributes to idiom comprehension. The central claim is that the mind is rather selective when processing information, and that in the pragmatic interpretation of both literal.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027292131
9027292132
ISSN:0922-842X ;

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