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     • Mixing metaphors is often considered a language ‘faux pas’ that can lead to unnecessary confusion. A mixed metaphor is a metaphor that combines two inconsistent or incongruous framings.
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     What happens when we mix metaphors? - Dalhousie University

2. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleWhy we mix metaphors (and mix them well): Discourse coherence ...

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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.

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3. blogs.dal.ca › what-happens-when-we-mix-metaphorsWhat happens when we mix metaphors? - Dalhousie University

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   Nov 3, 2022 · Mixing metaphors is often considered a language ‘faux pas’ that can lead to unnecessary confusion. A mixed metaphor is a metaphor that combines two inconsistent or incongruous framings. For example, consider the mixed metaphor “we will need to iron out the bottlenecks”.

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   Mar 18, 2016 · Mixing metaphors in speech, writing, and even gesture, is traditionally viewed as a sign of inconsistency in thought and language.

5. www.academia.edu › 1607088 › Why_we_mix_metaphorsWhy we mix metaphors (and mix them well) - Academia.edu

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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.

   • Author: Michael Kimmel

6. www.jbe-platform.com › content › booksMixing Metaphor | John Benjamins - jbe-platform.com

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   Mixing metaphors in speech, writing, and even gesture, is traditionally viewed as a sign of inconsistency in thought and language.

7. www.semanticscholar.org › paper › Why-we-mixWhy we mix metaphors (and mix them well ... - Semantic Scholar

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   The phenomenon known as metaphor is an extremely complex mental event – we cannot capture its complexity if we tie ourselves to existing standard views on metaphor. This book offers fresh insight …

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   What does it mean to mix metaphors?

   • Mixing Metaphor. Mixing metaphors in speech, writing, and even gesture, is traditionally viewed as a sign of inconsistency in thought and language. Despite the prominence of mixed metaphors, there have been surprisingly few attempts to comprehensively explain why people mix their metaphors so frequently and in the particular ways they do.

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   Are mixed metaphors imagistic?

   • 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.

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   How do you explain mixed metaphors in complex argumentation?

   • 5. Explaining mixed metaphors in complex argumentation Let us take stock. The quantitative part has demonstrated a high number of discursive metaphors pairs that are not ontologically related by source domain, and even in terms of unrelated target domains many are found.

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   Does mixed metaphor dominantly occur across clause boundaries?

   • The fact that in newspaper commentaries mixed metaphor dominantly occurs across clause boundaries elegantly explains my earlier findings (although I will look at other cases below). When mixed metaphors are parts of different discourse slots that is reason enough for the fact that little, if any awkwardness arises. M.

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   Are there mixed metaphors in a single clause?

   • Mixed metaphors in a single clause The one remaining case to address are mixed metaphors within a single clause, even if this is not quite as frequent. Here, nothing in grammar sets the ontological planes apart so that the cognitive pressure to process the metaphors together is higher.

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   Do newspaper commentaries make sense of mixed metaphors?

   • If this is correct, making sense of mixed metaphors is a natural by- product of default clause processing. The fact that in newspaper commentaries mixed metaphor dominantly occurs across clause boundaries elegantly explains my earlier findings (although I will look at other cases below).

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   Mixing metaphors in speech, writing, and even gesture, is traditionally viewed as a sign of inconsistency in thought and language. Despite the prominence of mixed metaphors, there have been surprisingly few attempts to comprehensively explain why people mix their metaphors so frequently and in the particular ways they do.