num_pages: 384
description: Originally published in English in 1978, this full-scale examination of the philosophy of metaphor from Aristotle to the present, brings together and discusses significant viewpoints on metaphor held by writers in various disciplines. These include linguistics and semantics, the philosophy of language, literary criticism, and aesthetics.
language: English
title: The Rule of Metaphor: Multidisciplinary Studies of the Creation of Meaning in Language
titlecomplete: The Rule of Metaphor: Multidisciplinary Studies of the Creation of Meaning in Language
genres: Linguistics, Language, France, Philosophy, Literary Criticism, Theology, 20th Century, Writing, Nonfiction, Theory
ratings_count: 228
publisher: University of Toronto Press