The Ubiquity of Metaphor

Metaphor in language and thought

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Wolf Paprotté

René Dirven

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This volume brings together a number of articles representative of the present outlook on the importance of metaphors, and of the work done on metaphors in several domains of (psycho)linguistics. The first part of the volume deals with metaphor and the system of language. The second part offers papers on metaphor and language use. In the third part psychological and psycholinguistic aspects of metaphor are discussed.

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 29] 1985. iii, 628 pp.

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Published online on 18 March 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.29

Table of Contents

Introduction

René Dirven and Wolf Paprotté | p. vii

Part 1. Metaphor and the system of languages

Semiotic aspects of metaphor

Winfried Nöth | p. 1

“Conventional” and “dead” metaphors revisited

Elizabeth Closs Traugott | p. 17

Towards an explanatory theory of metaphor

Peter Mühlhäusler | p. 57

Metaphor as a basic means for extending the lexicon

René Dirven | p. 85

polysemy, tropes and cognition or the non-magrittian art of closing curtains whilst opening them

René Jongen | p. 121

Context dependence and metaphor

Peter Bosch | p. 141

Part 2. Metaphor and language Use

Spatial metaphors underlying propositions of causality

Günter Radden | p. 177

Metaphoric processes in word formation. The case of prefixed verbs

Brygida Rudzka-Ostyn | p. 209

Linguistic and extralinguistic aids for reconstruction and interpretation of metaphors in headlines

Sabine De Knop | p. 243

Metaphors and their aptness in trade names for perfumes

Emma Vorlat | p. 263

the translation of metaphor

Peter Newmark | p. 295

Part 3. Metaphor and psycholinguistic processes

Some implications of metaphor for philosophy and psychology of science

Robert R. Hoffman | p. 327

Representation in cognitive psychological theories of figurative language

Richard P. Honeck and Clare T. Kibler | p. 381

Metaphor and the first words

Wolf Paprotté | p. 425

A devlopmental analysis of metaphoric competence and reading

James D. Pickens, Marilyn R. Pollio and Howard R. Pollio | p. 481

Metaphoric productions and preferences in second language learners

Anna Trosbrog | p. 525

Metaphor production and comprehension in Aphasia

Franz-Josef Stachowiak | p. 559

Visual imagery and metaphor in british sign language

Bencie Woll | p. 601

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