UID:
almafu_9958353438102883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781512806632
Content:
Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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PART I. Generalities --
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Chapter 1. The Anatomy of Metaphor --
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Chapter 2. The Social Functions of Rhetorical Forms --
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PART II. Particulars --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 3. Saying Haya Sayings: Two Categories of Proverb Use --
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Chapter 4. The Performance of Ritual Metaphors --
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Chapter 5. Carrying the Village: Cuna Political Metaphors --
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Chapter 6. My Brother the Parrot --
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Chapter 7. The Fabricated Child --
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Bibliography --
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Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-0-8122-7725-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9781512806632
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806632
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806632
