Katie Patterson

Understanding Metaphor through Corpora (eBook, ePUB)

A Case Study of Metaphors in Nineteenth Century Writing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume questions the reliability of attempts to identify metaphor based on dichotomy and instead advocates for the notion that metaphoricity is context-dependent and fluid, in relation to the respective social and discourse contexts in which metaphors can be found.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351241076
• Artikelnr.: 56839980

Autorenporträt

Katie Patterson has taught at the University of Liverpool, U.K., the University of Eastern Finland, and Universidad Austral de Chile.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Metaphor: Theories and Approaches 3. A New Theory for
Metaphor 4. Corpus Methodologies and Metaphor 5. Metaphor and
Conventionality: Evidence of Metaphors Displaying Lexical Primings through
Semantic Association 6. Metaphor and Conventionality: Evidence of Metaphors
Displaying Lexical Primings through Colligation 7. Metaphor and Other Forms
of Creativity: Polysemy, Simile, Metonymy and Their Relationship to
Metaphor 8. Conclusion