Figures Of Thought For College Writers - Softcover

Hickey, Dona J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1559346523 ISBN 13: 9781559346528

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1999

Synopsis

Based on the idea that metaphor is basic to our cognitive processes and is a reliable way of structuring and understanding concepts, this book aims, first, to encourage greater language awareness, and second, to encourage students to consider some of our culture’s dominant metaphors and the ways in which they both reflect and shape the concepts they describe. After an extensive introduction to metaphor (Chapter 1), thematic chapters explore several common conceptual metaphors. Each of the conceptual metaphor chapters includes at least one student essay.

About this title

About the Author:

Dona J. Hickey is Associate Professor of English at the University of Richmond. She frequently presents and conducts workshops for schools, colleges and associations such as 4C s, MLA, NCTE and WAC.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1559346523
• ISBN 13: 9781559346528
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 659