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ISBN:
9781316717172
Content:
When Hillary Clinton conceded in 2008 that she didn't quite 'shatter the glass ceiling', and when Rick Perry in 2012 called Mitt Romney a 'vulture capitalist', they used abbreviated metaphorical stories, in which stories about one topic are presented as stories about something entirely different. This book examines a wide range of metaphorical stories, beginning with literary genres such as allegories and fables, then focusing on metaphorical stories in ordinary conversations, political speeches, editorial cartoons, and other communication. Sometimes metaphorical stories are developed in rich detail; in other examples, like 'vulture capitalist', they may merely be referenced or implied. This book argues that close attention to metaphorical stories and story metaphors enriches our understanding and is essential to any theory of communication. The book introduces a theoretical structure, which is developed into a theory of metaphorical stories and then illustrates the theory by applying it to actual discourse.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2017)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316619612
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107168305
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107168305
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781316619612
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Ritchie, L. David, 1943 - Metaphorical stories in discourse Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 ISBN 1107168309
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107168305
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107168305
Language:
English
Keywords:
Metapher
;
Kommunikation
;
Erzähltechnik
;
Metapher
;
Kommunikation
;
Erzähltechnik
DOI:
10.1017/9781316717172
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