Contexts of metaphor
By: Michiel Leezenberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ;; v. 7
Publisher: Elsevier; Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Metaphor; Semantics; Pragmatics; Concepts
Description: "This study presents an approach to metaphor than systematically takes contextual factors into account. It analyses how metaphors both depend on, and change, the context in which they are uttered, and specifically, how metaphorical interpretation involves the articulation of asserted, implied and presupposed material. It supplements this semantic analysis with a practice-based account of metaphor at the conceptual level, which stresses the role of sociocultural factors in concept formation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-316) and index.