The Semantics Of Metaphor

Author : Samuel R. Levin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 130 pages
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Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421435763

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The Semantics of Metaphor by Samuel R. Levin Pdf

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.

Author : Samuel R. Levin
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1421435756

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The Semantics of Metaphor by Samuel R. Levin Pdf

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.

Author : Samuel R. Levin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 1421435772

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The Semantics of Metaphor by Samuel R. Levin Pdf

Author : Michiel Leezenberg
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780585473932

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Contexts of Metaphor by Michiel Leezenberg Pdf

This study presents an approach to metaphor that takes contextual factors into account. It analyses how metaphors depend on and change the context in which they are uttered, and how metaphorical interpretation involves the articulation of asserted, implied and presupposed materials.

Author : Josef Stern
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 405 pages
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Release : 2000-11-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262264617

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Metaphor in Context by Josef Stern Pdf

Josef Stern addresses the question: Given the received conception of the form and goals of semantic theory, does metaphorical interpretation, in whole or part, fall within its scope? The many philosophers, linguists, and cognitive scientists writing on metaphor over the past two decades have generally taken for granted that metaphor lies outside, if not in opposition to, received conceptions of semantics and grammar. Assuming that metaphor cannot be explained by or within semantics, they claim that metaphor has little, if anything, to teach us about semantic theory. In this book Josef Stern challenges these assumptions. He is concerned primarily with the question: Given the received conception of the form and goals of semantic theory, does metaphorical interpretation, in whole or part, fall within its scope? Specifically, he asks, what (if anything) does a speaker-hearer know as part of her semantic competence when she knows the interpretation of a metaphor? According to Stern, the answer to these questions lies in the systematic context-dependence of metaphorical interpretation. Drawing on a deep analogy between demonstratives, indexicals, and metaphors, Stern develops a formal theory of metaphorical meaning that underlies a speaker's ability to interpret a metaphor. With his semantics, he also addresses a variety of philosophical and linguistic issues raised by metaphor. These include the interpretive structure of complex extended metaphors, the cognitive significance of metaphors and their literal paraphrasability, the pictorial character of metaphors, the role of similarity and exemplification in metaphorical interpretation, metaphor-networks, dead metaphors, the relation of metaphors to other figures, and the dependence of metaphors on literal meanings. Unlike most metaphor theorists, however, who take these problems to be sui generis to metaphor, Stern subsumes them under the same rubric as other semantic facts that hold for nonmetaphorical language.

Author : L. Jonathan Cohen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1402004745

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Knowledge and Language by L. Jonathan Cohen Pdf

This collection of twenty papers deals with a wide range of issues in philosophy of language, epistemology, history of philosophy, philosophy of psychology, jurisprudence and philosophy of science. It should be of interest to, and prove a stimulus for new work by, researchers and practitioners working in any of these fields. Tracing a route backwards through the papers as presented here, the final group is largely concerned with how empirical knowledge may be acquired through evidence in states of uncertainty; the middle group explores how such evidence often requires or results in conceptual innovation and is given to us in language the meaning of which may be difficult to determine; the first group explores how a theory of meaning can be constructed for natural and artificial languages. The papers exhibit a distinctive analytical perspective and a great deal of thematic continuity, underpinned by commitment to the richness both of language and of enquiry and opposition to simplistic or dogmatic formalisations and analyses.

Author : Eric Steinhart
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401596541

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The Logic of Metaphor by Eric Steinhart Pdf

1. Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work is that it focuses intensely on the logical aspects of metaphors. I stress the role of logic in the generation and int- pretation of metaphors. While I don't presuppose any formal training in logic, some familiarity with philosophical logic (the propositional calculus and the predicate c- culus) is helpful. Since my theory makes great use of the notion of structure, I refer to it as the structural theory of m etaphor (STM). STM is a semant ic theory of m etaphor : if STM is correct, then metaphors are cognitively meaningful and are n- trivially logically linked with truth. I aim to extend possible worlds semantics to handle metaphors. I'll argue that some sentences in natural languages like English have multiple meanings: "Juliet is the sun" has (at least) two meanings: the literal meaning "(Juliet is the sunkIT" and the metaphorical meaning "(Juliet is the sun)MET". Each meaning is a function from (possible) worlds to truth-values. I deny that these functions are identical; I deny that the metaphorical function is necessarily false or necessarily true.

Author : L. David Ritchie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139619929

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Metaphor by L. David Ritchie Pdf

'Metaphor', a form of figurative language in which one thing or idea is expressed in terms of another, is becoming an increasingly popular area of study, as it is relevant to the work of semanticists, pragmatists, discourse analysts and also those working at the interface of language and literature and in other disciplines such as philosophy and psychology. This book provides a summary, critique and comparison of the most important theories on how metaphors are used and understood, drawing on research from linguistics, psychology and other disciplines. In order to ground the discussion in actual language use, the book uses examples from discourse, including casual conversations, political speeches, literature, humor, religion and science. Written in a non-technical style, the book includes clear definitions, examples, discussion questions and a glossary, making it ideal for graduate-level seminars.

Author : Jaakko Hintikka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401583152

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Aspects of Metaphor by Jaakko Hintikka Pdf

Metaphor is one of the most frequently evoked but at the same time most poorly understood concepts in philosophy and literary theory. In recent years, several interesting approaches to metaphor have been presented or outlined. In this volume, authors of some of the most important new approaches re-present their views or illustrate them by means of applications, thus allowing the reader to survey some of the prominent ongoing developments in this field. These authors include Robert Fogelin, Susan Haack, Jaakko Hintikka (with Gabriel Sandu), Bipin Indurkhya and Eva Kittay (with Eric Steinhart). Their stance is in the main constructive rather than critical; but frequent comparisons of different views further facilitate the reader's overview. In the other contributions, metaphor is related to the problems of visual representation (Noël Carroll), to the open class test (Avishai Margalit and Naomi Goldblum) as well as to Wittgenstein's idea of 'a way of life' (E.M. Zemach).

Author : Eva Feder Kittay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198242468

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Metaphor by Eva Feder Kittay Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive philosophical theory which explains the cognitive contribution of metaphor. The argument is illustrated with analysis of metaphors from literature, philosophy, science, and everyday language.

Author : Réka Benczes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027223734

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Creative Compounding in English by Réka Benczes Pdf

Metaphorical and metonymical compounds – novel and lexicalised ones alike – are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an expression such as land fishing in order to speak about metal detecting, the referent will be immediately understood even if the hearer had not been previously familiar with the compound? Accordingly, this book sets out to explore whether the semantics of metaphorical and metonymical noun–noun combinations can be systematically analysed within a theoretical framework, where systematicity pertains to regularities in both the cognitive processes and the products of these processes, that is, the compounds themselves. Backed up by recent psycholinguistic evidence, the book convincingly demonstrates that such compounds are not semantically opaque as it has been formerly claimed: they can in fact be analysed and accounted for within a cognitive linguistic framework, by the combined application of metaphor, metonymy, blending, profile determinacy and schema theory; and represent the creative and associative word formation processes that we regularly apply in everyday language.

Author : Elisabetta Gola,Francesca Ervas
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027267580

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Metaphor and Communication by Elisabetta Gola,Francesca Ervas Pdf

This collection of papers presents different views on metaphor in communication. The overall aim is to show that the communicative dimension of metaphor cannot be reduced to its conceptual and/or linguistic dimension. The volume addresses two main questions: does the communicative dimension of metaphor have specific features that differentiate it from its linguistic and cognitive dimensions? And how could these specific properties of communication change our understanding of the linguistic and cognitive dimensions of metaphor? The authors of the papers collected in this volume offer answers to these questions that raise new interests in metaphor and communication.

Author : Ken Turner,Laurence R. Horn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 9004341994

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Pragmatics, Truth and Underspecification by Ken Turner,Laurence R. Horn Pdf

This collection of especially commissioned papers presents state of the art research on semantics, pragmatics, presupposition, negation, existence, utterance semantics, metaphor, erotetic reasoning, lexical meaning, the pragmatics of number terms, theories of truth and Moore's Paradox.

Author : Verena Haser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110182831

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Metaphor, Metonymy, and Experientialist Philosophy by Verena Haser Pdf

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

Author : Frank Boers
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Cognition
ISBN : 382334935X

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Spatial Prepositions and Metaphor by Frank Boers Pdf