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Michael Kimmel. The paper explores the phenomenon of metaphors that occur in close textual adjacency, i.e. as metaphor clusters, but do not share a similar cognitive basis. Clusters frequently mix ontologies and are thus devoid of coherence that can be explained as emerging from a single conceptual metaphor.
- Michael Kimmel
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.
- Michael Kimmel
- 2010
It is known to help people understand complex topics, com-municate efficiently, and influence others. In this paper, we provide a review of the literature on the util-ity of metaphor, describing key findings and controver-sies while underscoring recent experimental and theoretical advances.
We begin by discussing different approaches to the relationship between metaphor in literature and metaphor in non-literary language, including both the study of the properties of metaphorical expressions and the study of readers’ responses to metaphorical expressions in different (literary and non-literary) genres.
- Gerard Steen
The growing favor that metaphor has found with philosophers has inevitably led to attempts to formulate adequate definitions of it and to embed it in the larger context of philosophical method. The work done by philosophers on metaphor has also been greatly assisted by the pro-nouncements of literary critics.4 The influence of philosophical study
Jan 1, 2019 · Crisp et al. (2002) propose the following definition: "mixed metaphor arises when multiple or complex metaphor contains metaphorical items which may be derived from...
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Mar 7, 2016 · 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.
