Andrew Goatly

Broschiertes Buch

The Language of Metaphors

Beschreibung

In this ambitious and wide-ranging textbook Andrew Goatly explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, he provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communicative situations, how we use them to communicate meaning as well as how we process them. This book:
- examines the distinction between literal and metaphorical language
- surveys the means by which metaphors are realised in texts
- locates the interpretation of metaphor in its social context
- contains tasks and suggestions for further work
- uses examples from a wide variety of genres, including conversation, popular science, advertising, news reports, novels and poetry.

This textbook explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, Goatley provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communication.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780415128773
• ISBN-10: 0415128773
• Artikelnr.: 21068722

Rezensionen

'This is a very welcome second edition of Andrew Goatly's classic work on metaphor in language. The book has been updated and enhanced throughout, while retaining the structure and argument that made the first edition widely influential and respected.' - Elena Semino, University of Lancaster, UK

'The value of Goatly's work is that in exposing the roots of metaphor in lexical semantics and cognition he does not kill the metaphor 'plant'- but rather waters and nurtures it with insights from literary and linguistic scholarship, enabling the seeds sown in the first edition to blossom and flourish. The efflorescence of this new edition allows the reader to reap the benefit of the

author's knowledge about metaphor and taste the fruit of a rich harvest from his graft as a writer.' - Jonathan Charteris-Black, University of the West of England, UK

Praise for the First Edition

'Anyone genuinely interested in metaphor - whether literature or philosophy student, cognitive scientist, linguist, poet, dictionary addict, or advertising copywriter - will find their brains tickled and stretched by the multiplicity of ideas integrated in this absorbing and valuable contribution ... This book is a gem' - Michael Toolan, School of English, University of Birmingham

'The study of the use of metaphors in the social context is highly interesting, especially for those working in social science.' - M.D.Garcia Gonzalez, Cadiz University

' ... covers areas usually neglected by recent investigations of metaphor. Lexical, syntactic, semantic, pragmatic, discourse and cognitive aspects are encompassed and literary and non-literary examples are drawn upon' - Vincent Herman, University of Nottingham