Context and Connection in Metaphor ISBN: 9780230286825 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan UK Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Social Science; Language/ Linguistics;
How do people understand metaphorical language? Can a commonplace metaphor affect the way people think even if they don't interpret it? Why does it matter how people interpret metaphors? The author proposes an original communication-based theory of metaphor that answers these and other questions about metaphors and metaphorical language.
L. DAVID RITCHIE is Professor of Communication at Portland State University, USA.