In:Drawing Attention to Metaphor: Case studies across time periods, cultures and modalities
Edited by Camilla Di Biase-Dyson and Markus Egg
[Figurative Thought and Language 5] 2020
► pp. 1–14
Drawing attention to metaphor
An introduction to the debate
Published online: 8 April 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.5.01dib
https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.5.01dib
Article outline
- 1.By means of context
- 2.Definitions: Metaphor, “deliberateness” and “attention-drawing”
- 3.The theory and the debate(s)
- 4.Methods
- 5.The role of non-textual modes
- 6.The antiquity debate: Are we second-guessing ancient authors?
- 7.The role of genre
- 8.Summing up
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