The Language of Metaphors - Couverture souple

Goatly, Andrew

 
9780415128773: The Language of Metaphors
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0415128773 ISBN 13 : 9780415128773
Editeur : Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

In this ambitious and wide-ranging textbook Andrew Goatly explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, he provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communicative situations, how we use them to communicate meaning as well as how we process them. This book:
* examines the distinction between literal and metaphorical language
* surveys the means by which metaphors are realised in texts
* locates the interpretation of metaphor in its social context
* contains tasks and suggestions for further work
* uses examples from a wide variety of genres, including conversation, popular science, advertising, news reports, novels and poetry.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this ambitious and wide-ranging textbook Andrew Goatly explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, he provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communicative situations, how we use them to communicate meaning as well as how we process them. This book:
* examines the distinction between literal and metaphorical language
* surveys the means by which metaphors are realised in texts
* locates the interpretation of metaphor in its social context
* contains tasks and suggestions for further work
* uses examples from a wide variety of genres, including conversation, popular science, advertising, news reports, novels and poetry.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415128773
ISBN 13 
9780415128773
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
376
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0415128765 ISBN 13 :  9780415128766
Editeur : Routledge, 1997
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