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Oct 1, 1998 · into the human condition or refining old ones. An essential part of poetic. expression is capturing something recognisably universal through an image which. is concrete and particula r. The ...
metaphor more effectively, rather than simply encouraging them to parrot the conventional metaphors of a foreign language and culture” (p. 151). Paradis and Hommerberg (Chapter 9) are not so much concerned with mixing metaphors as with the ‘mixing’ of the perceptual senses/modalities of vision, smell, touch and taste in wine
- Jordan Zlatev, Georgios Stampoulidis
- 2018
It is possible to distinguish two types of mixed metaphor: parallel mixes and serial mixes. In a parallel mixed meta-phor, the tenor (A) is seen as a vehicle (B) and then as a second vehicle (B’). In a serial mixed metaphor, the tenor (A) is seen as a vehicle (B) which is then seen as a different vehicle (C).
- Mark Lee, John Barnden
- 1999
Such advice pre-supposes that it is possible to monitor one’s metaphor use, which is an activity that is anything but automatic and unconscious. 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).
7. Conclusion and outlook Mixed metaphors are frequent and they seem, in most cases, unproblematic to deal with when they complement each other and enrich the meaning of a text passage. Studying mixed metaphors casts an interesting light on the relation between metaphor and more inclusive and structurally complex discourse units like arguments.
- Michael Kimmel
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 ...
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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. Mixed metaphors like these have traditionally posed a challenge to theorists.
