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Jan 1, 2010 · The fact that in newspaper commentaries mixed metaphor dominantly occurs across clause boundaries elegantly explains my earlier findings (although I will look at other cases below). When mixed metaphors are parts of different discourse slots that is reason enough for the fact that little, if any awkwardness arises.
- Michael Kimmel
- 2010
The metaphors satisfy the two basic conditions for mixed metaphor: (1) they occur in textual adjacency, i.e. within a single metaphor cluster, and (2) they do not (for the most part) share any imagistic ontology or any direct inferential entailments between them.
- Michael Kimmel
domain” (p. 218). Further, most examples occurred across clause boundaries. While Semino is careful not to overstate the implications of this quantitatively limited analysis of the “folk concept” of mixed metaphor for theory, she offers important evidence that the latter would need
Jun 21, 2022 · A well-crafted metaphor uses consistent imagery ("hitting the nail on the head”); when you start mixing imagery ("hitting the nail on the nose"), you can create a type of malapropism known as a mixed metaphor.
Jan 31, 2010 · This chapter discusses the linguistic restriction of mixed metaphor (within a single clause and in adjacent clauses). It also discusses the power of mixed metaphor.
Oct 23, 2018 · While conceptual metaphors may create “internal binding” in ontologically coherent clusters, complementary “external binding” models are needed to explain the mixed clusters (and ...
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This chapter discusses the linguistic restriction of mixed metaphor (within a single clause and in adjacent clauses). It also discusses the power of mixed metaphor.
