Contraverting a Contradiction
A Note on Metaphor and Simile, Reply to Tomas Kulka
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7960155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nelson Goodman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 807 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1773300 |
| OpenAlex | W2323692540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
What concerns me here is the relationship between literal and figurative applications of terms, between sentences taken literally and sentences taken figuratively. In its usual literal use, applies to certain gemstones but not to bodies of water; but in one of its figurative uses, it does apply to certain bodies of water. When is taken literally, the statement lake is a sapphire is false; but when is taken figuratively in one way, that statement is true. Normally, a term has in figurative use an extension different from its extension in literal use. This seems to me so evident that those who
Contradiction · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Simile · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |