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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. Mixed metaphors like these have traditionally posed a challenge to theorists.
- Michael Kimmel
perspective, infelicitous metaphor mixing could occur when “dead metaphors [...] are brought together so that a conflict in their literal meanings, which normally go unnoticed, is forced upon our attention” (Leech, 1969, p. 161). As well known, Lakoff and Johnson objected to the ‘dead metaphor’ metaphor, and as far as mixing in ...
- Jordan Zlatev, Georgios Stampoulidis
- 2018
Mixed metaphor may therefore involve interesting questions about deliberate metaphor use, itself a controversial issue in the theory of metaphor (Gibbs, 2011; Steen, 2008, 2011a, 2013, in press). It is my aim in this paper to explore the interaction between mixed metaphor and deliberateness in order to throw some new light on the nature of ...
Oct 23, 2018 · Abstract. “Mixing Metaphor” is a compilation of 12 chapters by prominent researchers, introduced by Raymond Gibbs, one of the main actors in the field of metaphor studies. It is a highly ...
Semino’s analysis describes how “mixed metaphor” is used in diferent genres, grammatical forms, and for diferent rhetorical purposes. Most uses of “mixed metaphor” ofer a negative assessment of some topic, although many others are employed to show of speakers’ and writers’ humor and creativity.
Oct 23, 2018 · “Mixing Metaphor” is a compilation of 12 chapters by prominent researchers, introduced by Raymond Gibbs, one of the main actors in the eld of metaphor studies. It is a highly timely contribution that lls a gap between the pre-theoret- ical notion of ‘mixed metaphors’, largely known to the (English-speaking) pub- lic as something to be avoided as it re ects poor style or even sloppy ...
In chapter 7, Sullivan discusses what she terms “multiple metaphors”, i.e. metaphor combinations that do not “mix” incongruently, because the respective source domains are kept apart, e.g. through contrastive comparison formulations (These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb) or in similes where “metaphors combine well” (A. Einstein’s ‘Life is like ...
