| Description |
x, 501 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Metaphor: a multidimensional problem / Andrew Ortony -- pt. 1. Metaphor and linguistic theory More about metaphor / Max Black -- Figurative speech and linguistics / Jerrold M. Sadock -- The semantics of metaphor / L. Jonathan Cohen -- Some problems with the notion of literal meanings / David E. Rumelhart -- Metaphor and pragmatics Metaphor / John R. Searle -- Standard approaches to metaphor and a proposal for literary metaphor / Samuel R. Levin -- Observations on the pragmatics of metaphor / Jerry L. Morgan -- Metaphor and psychology Psychological processes in the comprehension of metaphor / Allan Paivio -- The interpretation of novel metaphors / Bruce Fraser -- The role of similarity in similes and metaphors / Andrew Ortony -- Images and models, similes and metaphors / George A. Miller -- pt. 2. Metaphor and society Generative metaphor: a perspective on problem-setting in social policy / Donald A. Schön -- The conduit metaphor -a case of frame conflict in our language about language / Michael J. Reddy -- Metaphor, induction, and social policy: the convergence of macroscopic and microscopic views / Robert J. Sternberg, Roger Tourangeau, and Georgia Nigro -- Metaphor and science Metaphor and theory change: What is "metaphor" a metaphor for? / Richard Boyd -- Metaphor in science / Thomas S. Kuhn -- Metaphorical imprecision and the "top-down" research strategy / Zenon W. Pylyshyn -- Metaphor and education Metaphor and learning / Hugh G. Petrie -- Learning without metaphor / Thomas F. Green -- Educational uses of metaphor / Thomas G. Sticht |
| Analysis |
Metaphor Conference proceedings |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [486]-498 |
| Subject |
Metaphor.
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Thought and thinking.
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Thinking.
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| Author |
Ortony, Andrew, 1942-
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| LC no. |
78032011 |
| ISBN |
0521227275 |
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0521296269 (paperback) |
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