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Mixed Metaphors

- Their Use and Abuse
Af: Dr Karen Sullivan Engelsk Paperback

Mixed Metaphors

- Their Use and Abuse
Af: Dr Karen Sullivan Engelsk Paperback
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Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like ‘that wet blanket is a loose cannon’, but admire ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player’, and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth’s ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well?

In Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of effects.

Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse includes analyses of over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.

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Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like ‘that wet blanket is a loose cannon’, but admire ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player’, and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth’s ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well?

In Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of effects.

Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse includes analyses of over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781350066038
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1350066036
Udg. Dato: 29 nov 2018
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 134mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 29 nov 2018
Forfatter(e): Dr Karen Sullivan
Forfatter(e) Dr Karen Sullivan


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ISBN-13 9781350066038


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 134mm


Højde 210mm


Udg. Dato 29 nov 2018


Oplagsdato 29 nov 2018


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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