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Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking
Cornelia Muller
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Description for Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking
Hardcover. Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. This title unveils an approach that refutes the rigid dead/alive dichotomy, offering in its place a dynamic model: sleeping and waking. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line drawings, 25 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. In the 1980s, new theories on the cognitive processes involved with the use of metaphor challenged these assumptions, but with little empirical support. Drawing on the latest research in linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, and psychology, Cornelia Muller here unveils a new approach that refutes the rigid dead/alive dichotomy, offering in its place a more dynamic model: sleeping and waking.To build this model, Muller presents an overview of notions of metaphor ... Read more
Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. In the 1980s, new theories on the cognitive processes involved with the use of metaphor challenged these assumptions, but with little empirical support. Drawing on the latest research in linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, and psychology, Cornelia Muller here unveils a new approach that refutes the rigid dead/alive dichotomy, offering in its place a more dynamic model: sleeping and waking.To build this model, Muller presents an overview of notions of metaphor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226548258
SKU
V9780226548258
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99-1
About Cornelia Muller
Cornelia Muller is professor of applied linguistics at European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). She is coeditor of several books and the author of Co-verbal Gestures: Cultural History - Theory - Cross-linguistic Comparison.
Reviews for Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking
"This is a deeply insightful book that both opens up many paths for future research and sheds new light on a problem of millennial standing: the power of metaphor. I anticipate that this work will have a major and lasting impact. Placing metaphor at the center, Muller has brought a new dynamic dimension to linguistic theory." - David McNeill, University ... Read more