Format:
1 Online-Ressource (143 p)
Edition:
Second edition revised by Tim Ochser
ISBN:
9783832590789
Content:
Research that deals with metaphors and linguistic imagery has increased in the last thirty years. However, studies that question existing theories of metaphor from a comparative perspective are less common. The reason for the present theoretical sketch was the metaphorical model of conceptualism, alias the cognitive theory of metaphor: at least with this theory, `metaphor' itself has become a metaphor, and the classical, rhetorical metaphor has been sidelined. Kessler's book not only criticises existing theories of metaphor, but also develops from them a discursive synthesis that seeks to rehabilitate the classical metaphor as an everyday pragmalinguistic phenomenon. For this purpose, the nature of thought, the mental lexicon, predication and word semantics are also covered.
Content:
Biographical note: Stephan Kessler is Professor of Baltic Languages and Literatures at the University of Greifswald, Germany. He is an expert on literary genre theory and sociolinguistics. He has also published on Latvian and Lithuanian literary history and has supervised various text editions.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783832547011
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 9783832547011
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Metapher
Author information:
Kessler, Stephan 1966-
