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Mixed Metaphors - Their Use and Abuse (Hardcover)
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Mixed Metaphors - Their Use and Abuse (Hardcover)
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Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a
loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor
player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and
tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are
sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well? In
Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs
findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how
metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we
understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can
appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of
effects. Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse includes analyses of
over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers
and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that
make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.
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