Raymond W. Jr. Gibbs, Jr. Gibbs, Gibbs Jr. Raymond W.

The Poetics of Mind

Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this bold new work, Ray Gibbs demonstrates that human cognition is deeply poetic and that figurative imagination constitutes the way we understand ourselves and the world in which we live.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1020g
• ISBN-13: 9780521419659
• ISBN-10: 0521419654
• Artikelnr.: 21226226

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and Overview
2. Thinking and Speaking Literally
3. Figurative Language Understanding: A Special Process?
4. Metaphor in Language and Thought
5. Understanding Metaphorical Expressions
6. Idiomaticity
7. Metonymy
8. Irony
9. The Poetic Minds of Children
10. Implications and Future Directions.