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Title The Ubiquity of metaphor : metaphor in language and thought / edited by Wolf Paprotté & René Dirven.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1985.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 628 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 29
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 29.
Note "The majority of the papers ... were presented at the 8th Linguistic Symposium, organized by L.A.U.T. at the University of Trier, in March 1983 ... [and] sponsored by the German Research Foundation DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)"--Page xviii.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents [Metaphor and the system of language] -- Semiotic aspects of metaphor / Winfried Noth -- "Conventional" and "dead" metaphors revisited / Elisabeth Closs Traugott -- Towards an explanatory theory of metaphor / Peter Mulhausler -- Metaphor as a basic means for extending the lexicon / Rene Dirven -- Polysemy, tropes and cognition or the non-Margittian art of closing curtains whilst opening them / Rene Jongen -- Context dependence and metaphor / Peter Bosch -- [Metaphor and language use] -- Spatial metaphors underlying prepositons of causality / Gunter Radden -- Metaphoric processes in word formation. Case of prefixed verbs / Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn -- Linguistic and extralinguistic aids for reconstruction and interpretation of metaphors in headlines / Sabine De Knop -- Metaphors and their aptness in trade names in perfumes / Emma Vorlat -- Translation of metaphor / Peter Newmark -- [Metaphor and psycholinguistic processes] -- Some implications of metaphor for philosophy and psychology of science / Robert R. Hoffman -- Representation in cognitive psychological theories of figurative language / Richard P. Honeck and Clare T. Kibler -- Metaphor and the first words / Wolf Paprotte -- A developmental analysis of metaphoric competence and reading / James D. Pickens, Marilyn R. Pollio, Howard R. Pollio -- Metaphoric productions and preferences in second language learners / Anna Trosborg -- Metaphor production and comprehension in aphasia / Franz-Josef Stachowiak -- Visual imagery and metaphor in British sign language / Bencie Woll.
Summary This volume brings together a number of articles representative of the present outlook on the importance of metaphors, and of the work done on metaphors in several domains of (psycho)linguistics. The first part of the volume deals with metaphor and the system of language. The second part offers papers on metaphor and language use. In the third part psychological and psycholinguistic aspects of metaphor are discussed.
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Subject Metaphor.
Metaphor.
Semiotics.
Semiotics.
Psycholinguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Paprotté, Wolf.
Dirven, René.
L.A.U.T. (Organization)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Linguistic Symposium (8th : 1983 : University of Trier)
Other Form: Print version: Ubiquity of metaphor. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1985 902723521X (DLC) 85010143 (OCoLC)12049828
ISBN 9789027286376 (electronic book)
902728637X (electronic book)
902723521X
9789027235213