The Social Use of Metaphor : Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric /

Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Crocker, J. Christopher, Sapir, J. David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Metaphor.
Symbolism.
Métaphore.
metaphor.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Metaphor
Symbolism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART I. Generalities
  • Chapter 1. The Anatomy of Metaphor
  • Chapter 2. The Social Functions of Rhetorical Forms
  • PART II. Particulars
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 3. Saying Haya Sayings: Two Categories of Proverb Use
  • Chapter 4. The Performance of Ritual Metaphors
  • Chapter 5. Carrying the Village: Cuna Political Metaphors
  • Chapter 6. My Brother the Parrot
  • Chapter 7. The Fabricated Child
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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