Metaphor, similarity and semantics fields
Författare
Redaktör
- Jeanette Emt
- Göran Hermerén
Summary, in English
A variant of the compatrison theory of metaphor is put forward. The main points are (a) a theory of metaphor belongs to semantics, not pragmatics, (b) a metaphorical statement is a similarity statement, usually comparing descriptions of objects, (c) a metaphor is a constellation of words connected by a certain kind of relation - the metaphorical link, (d) metaphors are not necessarily asymmetric, (e) what expressions copunt as metaphors in a certain language has to do with the semantic fields of the language in question.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
1992
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
195-214
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Understanding the Arts
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Lund University Press
Ämne
- Philosophy
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 0-86238-2904
- ISBN: 91-7966-157-2