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May 9, 2019 · We begin with a brief introduction to metaphor and offer a critical assessment of the claim that conventional metaphors in language reflect underlying conceptual representations and processing,...
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What the volume argues is that “mixed metaphors are much more varied than expected” (p.47), as stated by Cornelia Müller, and before pronouncing a verdict on whether they should be avoided or endorsed, we need first to understand the phenomenon properly.
- Jordan Zlatev, Georgios Stampoulidis
- 2018
We begin with a brief introduc-tion to metaphor and offer a critical assessment of the claim that conventional metaphors in language reflect underlying conceptual representations and processing, a view associated with Lakoff and Johnson's groundbreaking conceptual metaphor theory (CMT).
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
We discuss how Lakoff and Johnson’s original claims about metaphor and thought, particularly characteristics of experimental studies, and the lack of a general theoretical model to make sense of empirical findings, all contribute to misconceptions about how metaphor affects thought.
- Stephen Flusberg, Teenie Matlock
Jan 1, 2019 · Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2019, Karen Sullivan published Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.
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Jan 1, 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.