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Aug 16, 2024 · A mixed metaphor is the combination of two or more unrelated and sometimes incongruous metaphors, resulting in a statement that is not logically consistent or, at times, unintentionally humorous. While some mixed metaphors are intentional and meant to catch the reader’s attention, others arise from carelessness or a lack of familiarity with the original idiomatic expressions.
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
The Discontinuity between Metaphor in Literature and Metaphor Outside Literature An important influence on modern linguistic approaches to literary texts has been the Formalist view of literature (and poetry in particular) as characterised by ‘the aesthetically intentional distortion of the linguistic components of the work, in other words the intentional violation of the norms of the ...
- Gerard Steen
Jun 21, 2022 · Mixed Metaphors Explained: 8 Examples of Mixed Metaphors. 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.
The speaker uses a mixed metaphor to set out the evening sky. The first metaphor compares the evening sky to something that is “spread out.”. It describes a flat and expansive surface. The second metaphor compares the evening sky to a patient who has been anesthetized (etherized)and is lying on a table likely in preparation for surgery ...
Mar 7, 2016 · An interesting finding regarding mixed metaphor is that all the mixed metaphors (regarding the data of governors and mayors), in this book, consist of the following pairs: Journey and War, Journey ...
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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.
