The Structure of Metaphor: The Way the Language of Metaphor Works - Hardcover

White, Roger M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631168117 ISBN 13: 9780631168119

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

Synopsis

This volume provides a philosophical introduction to and analysis of the study of metaphor. By proceeding from the concrete analysis of complex metaphors, White is able to identify a range of features which are incompatible with standard accounts of the way words function in metaphor.

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This volume provides a philosophical introduction to and analysis of the study of metaphor. By proceeding from the concrete analysis of complex metaphors, White is able to identify a range of features which are incompatible with standard accounts of the way words function in metaphor. In so doing, White sets out a powerful new conception of metaphor as a 'linguistic hybrid'. In this way, the use of metaphor makes possible an act of communication which goes essentially beyond the standard resources of the language.
The volume includes discussion of the key accounts of metaphor, and will be essential reading to all those working in philosophy of language, philosophical logic, metaphysics, and literary criticism.

About the Author

Roger M. White is the author of The Structure of Metaphor: The Way the Language of Metaphor Works, published by Wiley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0631168117
• ISBN 13: 9780631168119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360