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Metaphor, similarity and semantics fields

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Author

Editor

  • Jeanette Emt
  • Göran Hermerén

Summary, in English

A variant of the compatrison theory of metaphor is put forward. The main points are (a) a theory of metaphor belongs to semantics, not pragmatics, (b) a metaphorical statement is a similarity statement, usually comparing descriptions of objects, (c) a metaphor is a constellation of words connected by a certain kind of relation - the metaphorical link, (d) metaphors are not necessarily asymmetric, (e) what expressions copunt as metaphors in a certain language has to do with the semantic fields of the language in question.

Publishing year

1992

Language

English

Pages

195-214

Publication/Series

Understanding the Arts

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Lund University Press

Topic

  • Philosophy

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 0-86238-2904
  • ISBN: 91-7966-157-2