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Theories of Metaphor Revised. Against a Cognitive Theory of Metaphor: An Apology for Classical Metaphor

Stephan Kessler

ISBN 978-3-8325-4701-1
144 pages, year of publication: 2018
2., revised edition
price: 34.00 €
Theories of Metaphor Revised. Against a Cognitive Theory of Metaphor: An Apology for Classical Metaphor https://doi.org/10.30819/4701
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Research that deals with metaphors and linguistic imagery has increased in the last thirty years. However, studies that question existing theories of metaphor from a comparative perspective are less common. The reason for the present theoretical sketch was the metaphorical model of conceptualism, alias the cognitive theory of metaphor: at least with this theory, `metaphor' itself has become a metaphor, and the classical, rhetorical metaphor has been sidelined. Kessler's book not only criticises existing theories of metaphor, but also develops from them a discursive synthesis that seeks to rehabilitate the classical metaphor as an everyday pragmalinguistic phenomenon. For this purpose, the nature of thought, the mental lexicon, predication and word semantics are also covered.

Stephan Kessler is Professor of Baltic Languages and Literatures at the University of Greifswald, Germany. He is an expert on literary genre theory and sociolinguistics. He has also published on Latvian and Lithuanian literary history and has supervised various text editions.

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Keywords:

  • Metapher
  • Conceptualism
  • Metaphor Theory
  • Literary Images
  • Pragmalinguistics

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