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Metaphors dead and alive, sleeping and waking : a dynamic view /

Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. In the 1980s, new theories on the cognitive processes involved with the use of metaphor cha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Müller, Cornelia, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. In the 1980s, new theories on the cognitive processes involved with the use of metaphor challenged these assumptions, but with little empirical support. Drawing on the latest research in linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, and psychology, Cornelia Müller here unveils a new approach that refutes the rigid dead/alive dichotomy, offering in its place a more dynamic model: sleeping and waking.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 272 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and indexes.
ISBN:9780226548265
0226548260