
Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking
A Dynamic View
Cornelia Muller(Autor*in)
University of Chicago Press
Erscheint ca. am 1. Oktober 2008
Buch
Hardcover
290 Seiten
978-0-226-54825-8 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
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 from the classical period to the present; studies in detail how metaphors function in speech, text, gesture, and images; and examines the way mixed metaphors sometimes make sense and sometimes do not. This analysis leads her to conclude that metaphors may oscillate between various degrees of sleeping and waking as their status changes depending on context and intention.
Bridging the gap between conceptual metaphor theory and more traditional linguistic theories, this book is a major advance for the field and will be vital to novices and initiates alike.
Bridging the gap between conceptual metaphor theory and more traditional linguistic theories, this book is a major advance for the field and will be vital to novices and initiates alike.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"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 of Chicago"Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Chicago
USA
Verlagsgruppe
The University of Chicago Press
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Maße
Höhe: 24 mm
Breite: 16 mm
Dicke: 2 mm
Gewicht
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-54825-8 (9780226548258)
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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.