1. Introduction -- 2. Relevance-Theory Approach to Metaphor -- 2.1. Grice's theory of meaning and communication -- 2.2. cognitive turn in pragmatics: relevance theory -- 2.3. Explicit, the implicit and metaphors -- 2.4. Pragmatics and the implicit: a conclusion -- 3. Cognitive Linguistics and Metaphor -- 3.1. General assumptions of cognitive linguistics -- 3.2. Metaphor as conceptualization: conceptual metaphor theory -- 3.3. Metaphor and creative thinking: blending theory -- 4. Relevance Theory versus Cognitive Linguistics -- 4.1. Metaphor generality -- 4.2. Metaphor motivation -- 4.3. Representation of metaphorical meaning -- 4.4. online processing of metaphorical utterances -- 4.5. Context-sensitivity and pragmatic effects -- 4.6. Metaphor and polysemy -- 4.7. Metaphor acquisition -- 4.8. Relations to a wider theory of language use -- 4.9. Theory of mind: modularity vs. embodiment -- 4.10. New challenges -- 5. Hybrid Theory of Metaphor -- 5.1. foundations -- 5.2. Lexical semantics in the hybrid theory -- 5.3. Lexical pragmatics in the hybrid theory -- 5.4. Lexical metaphoricity -- 5.5. online dynamics of metaphor interpretation -- 6. Conclusion and Future Challenges
Summary
A provoking new approach to how we understand metaphors thoroughly comparing and contrasting the claims made by relevance theorists and cognitive linguists. The resulting hybrid theory shows the complementarity of many positions as well as the need and possibility of achieving a broader and more realistic theory of our understanding
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-274) and index
