The Language of Metaphors
- Price: $49.95
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Pages: 376
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 15th May 1997
- Illustrations: 6 line drawings
- ISBN: 978-0-415-12877-3
About the Book
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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