Figures of Speech - Softcover
Writing is not like chemical engineering. The figures of speech should not be learned the same way as the periodic table of elements. This is because figures of speech are not about hypothetical structures in things, but about real potentialities within language and within ourselves. The "figurings" of speech reveal the apparently limitless plasticity of language itself. We are inescapably confronted with the intoxicating possibility that we can make language do for us almost anything we want. Or at least a Shakespeare can. The figures of speech help to see how he does it, and how we might.
Therefore, in the chapters presented in this volume, the quotations from Shakespeare, the Bible, and other sources are not presented to exemplify the definitions. Rather, the definitions are presented to lead to the quotations. And the quotations are there to show us how to do with language what we have not done before. They are there for imitation.
Therefore, in the chapters presented in this volume, the quotations from Shakespeare, the Bible, and other sources are not presented to exemplify the definitions. Rather, the definitions are presented to lead to the quotations. And the quotations are there to show us how to do with language what we have not done before. They are there for imitation.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1880393026
- ISBN 13 9781880393024
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages112
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 19.42
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_1880393026
Buy New
US$ 19.42
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_1880393026
Buy New
US$ 21.14
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 1880393026-2-1
Buy New
US$ 25.32
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new1880393026
Buy New
US$ 26.54
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon1880393026
Buy New
US$ 26.57
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think1880393026
Buy New
US$ 27.15
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover1880393026
Buy New
US$ 29.83
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech: 60 Ways To Turn A Phrase
Published by
Taylor & Francis 1995-12-13, London
(1995)
ISBN 10: 1880393026
ISBN 13: 9781880393024
New
paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9781880393024
Buy New
US$ 45.68
Convert currency
Seller Image
Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Routledge 11/1/1995
(1995)
ISBN 10: 1880393026
ISBN 13: 9781880393024
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Figures of Speech: 60 Ways to Turn a Phrase 0.34. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781880393024
Buy New
US$ 56.27
Convert currency
Stock Image
Figures of Speech
Published by
Routledge
(1995)
ISBN 10: 1880393026
ISBN 13: 9781880393024
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2912160265418
Buy New
US$ 52.67
Convert currency