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Description

1. x, 358 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. 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.

Series statement

1. Clarendon library of logic and philosophy

Uniform title

1. Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.
2. University press scholarship online.

Subject

1. Cognition
2. Field theory (Linguistics)
3. Metaphor
4. Semantics

Contents

1. 1. Towards a perspectival theory -- 2. The identification of metaphor : Literal and conventional meaning ; Locating incongruity -- 3. An interlude concerning context: A relational theory of meaning : On the very idea of metaphorical meaning ; A relational approach to meaning -- 4. Interpreting metaphor : Metaphor as second-order meaning ; The metaphorical function -- 5. Some alternative approaches: A critique : The predicate transfer thesis ; The linguistic approach: Feature addition and deletion ; A critique of atomistic theories as bases for a theory of metaphor -- 6. Semantic field theory : The historical and conceptual basis of the theory ; The structure of semantic fields ; Semantic fields and word meaning -- 7. Semantic fields and the structure of metaphor : Displaying the structure of metaphor ; Metaphorical v. non-metaphorical transfers of meaning -- Appendix: Extracts from Plato's Theaetetus.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p.[328]-343.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain