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The semantics of metaphor

Title
The semantics of metaphor / Samuel R. Levin.
Author
Levin, Samuel R.
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1977.

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Description
xi, 158 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Semantics
  • Metaphor
  • Grammar, Comparative and general > Sentences
  • Truth
  • Semantics
  • Metaphor
  • semantics
  • metaphor
  • truth
  • Metaforen
  • Semantiek
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 151-154.
Contents
Pragmatic deviance -- The problem of linguistically deviant expressions -- Modes of construal -- The construal rules -- Comparison of the theory (T) with other theories of metaphor -- Metaphor and truth -- Poetic metaphor.
ISBN
  • 0801819814
  • 9780801819810
LCCN
77004550
OCLC
  • ocm02966182
  • 2966182
  • SCSB-110924
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library