Metaphor - Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure (Paperback, Revised)

This book provides a comprehensive philosophical theory explicating the cognitive contribution of metaphor. Metaphor effects a transference of meaning, not between two terms, but between two structured domains of content, or "semantic fields". Semantic fields, construed as necessary to a theory of word-meaning, provide the contrastive and affinitive relations that govern a term's literal use. In a metaphoric use, these relations are projected into a second domain which is thereby reordered with significant cognitive effects. The book is a detailed revision and refinement of "the semantic theory of metaphor". Taking into account pragmatic considerations and recent linguistic and psychological studies, the author forges a new understanding of the relation between metaphoric and literal meaning. She illustrates her thesis with systematic analyses of metaphors found in literature, philosophy, science, and everyday language.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy
Release date:	1990
First published:	March 1990
Authors:	Eva Feder Kittay (Associate Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	215 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	372
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-824246-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General
LSN:	0-19-824246-8
Barcode:	9780198242468

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