The Semantics of Metaphor
Description
Excerpt from the Preface: In these pages a theory is presented 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. The second aspect bears on metaphor considered in the context of poetry and develops a conception of metaphoric truth. The study is semantic in the sense of dealing with both meaning and truth as these properties pertain to metaphor. - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0801819814, 9780801819810
