Theories of Metaphor Revised : Against a Cognitive Theory of Metaphor: an Apology for Classical Metaphor.
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, al...
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; 1 The General Principles of Iconicity in Language; 1.1 Metaphor, Polysemy, Homonymy. Iconic and Symbolic Thought; 1.2 Functionality. Two Meanings. Visualizing; 1.3 The Metaphor in Visual Media and Texts. Arbitrarity. Crossovers; 1.4 Identification and Interpretation of Metaphor. Traditions in Research; 2 Presuppositions of Metaphor; 2.1 The Model of Substitution. Predication vs Attribution. Position of Metaphor. Sem-Analysis; 2.2 Metaphor as Shortened Simile. The Context Marker; 2.3 Metaphor as Idea, Intercultural Tool and in Translations; 3 The Evidence for Classical Metaphor.
- 3.1 Double Sense Structure. Reference. Metaphor as an Exceptional Device3.2 Visualisation as Ideal Reference and Substitute for Experience; 3.3 Consequences. The Critical Merit of Intention. The Model of Non-Literal or Transferred Meaning; 4 How Metaphor Fades Away; 4.1 A Question of the Semantic and Metaphorical Reservoir; 4.2 The Conventional Metaphor. Criteria. The Tricky Historical Background; 4.3 Searle's Position; 4.4 Instead of a Summary: Metaphor as Conversational Implicature; 5 The 20th Century Discovers Metaphor; 5.1 The Theory of Interaction (Richards, Black).
- 5.2 Criticism of Weinrich. His 'Bildfeld'. From the Symbolic to the Indexical Type of Signs5.3 Criticism of Conceptualism (Lakoff, Johnson); 5.4 More Questions for Conceptualism. Blending Theory (Fauconnier, Turner); Bibliographies and References; Diagrams and Tables.