Original hardcover in jacket, 158 pages, index, bibliography, book is solid and square with light reading wear; age-toning to the pages. Creme colored jacket has some rubbing and soiling. Very good copy. b3.

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Title: The Semantics of Metaphor
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date: 1977
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0801819814
ISBN 13: 9780801819810
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Dimensions: 1.5 centimeters width by 20 centimeters height by 25 centimeters depth
Weight: 453.592 grams

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Originally published in 1977. The Semantics of Metaphor presents a theory for the metaphoric construal of deviant sentences. The theory has two aspects. The first relates to metaphor considered as a productive process of language and describes the mechanisms that operate in its semantic interpretation .This part of the theory is presented in chapters III and IV. The second aspect bears on metaphor considered in the context of poetry and develops a conception of metaphoric truth. This part of the theory is presented in chapters VI and VII. The study is semantic in the sense of dealing with both meaning and truth as these properties pertain to metaphor. Of the remaining chapters, the first isolates certain problems of a pragmatic nature from the central semantic concern, chapter II follows with a survey of recent scholarship on the question of semantic deviance, and chapter V compares the theory expounded in chapters III and IV with three other accounts of metaphor.

About the Author

Samuel R. Levin was distinguished professor Emeritus of English and Linguistics at The City University of New York. He is the author of Metaphoric Worlds: Conceptions of a Romantic Nature and Shades Of Meaning: Reflections On The Use, Misuse, And Abuse Of English.

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