Robert J. Fogelin

Figuratively Speaking

Revised Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning-irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others-to show how they work and to explain their attraction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9780199739998
• ISBN-10: 0199739994
• Artikelnr.: 31386291

Autorenporträt

Robert Fogelin is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Hume's Skeptical Crisis.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
1.: Introduction 1-7
2.: Figurative Predications 8-25
3.: Figurative Comparisons: The Traditional View 26-32
4.: The Standard Criticisms of Comparativism 33-70
5.: A Dilemma for Theories of Metaphor 71-78
6.: A Theory of Figurative Comparisons 79-98
7.: Clarifications and Elaborations 99-133
A Concluding Note 134
Works Cited 135-37
Index