Literary and Nonliterary Aspects of Metaphor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4376215 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerard Steen, Gerard J Steen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 687 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1773294 |
| OpenAlex | W2327641300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
The difference between literary and nonliterary metaphor, from a psychological point of view, has received more attention since the early 1980s. In particular, Dedre Gentner's structure-mapping theory of metaphor has been the basis for a number of stimulating insights in this matter. The present contribution aims to develop these views in light of the newly advanced empirical study of literature. In particular, a systematic distinction is made among linguistic, psychological, and social aspects of metaphor in order to identify a number of issues pertaining to literary metaphor more clearly than was possible before the advent of such empirical studies. An encompassing discourse view of these aspects is presented, which facilitates a discussion of the relations between metaphor and analogy, between the cognitive structure and the function of metaphors, and between metaphor and various types of discourse
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Humor Studies and Applications · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |