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Book 2009

Hybrid Theory of Metaphor

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Published
2009
  • Metaphor
  • Semantics
  • LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Languages
  • Metapher
  • Relevanztheorie

A provoking new approach to how we understand metaphors thoroughly comparing and contrasting the claims made by relevance theorists and cognitive linguists. The resulting hybrid theory shows the complementarity of many positions as well as the need and possibility of achieving a broader and more realistic theory of our understanding.