The Structure of Metaphor

By Roger M. White and Roger M. White

This volume provides a philosophical introduction to and analysis of the study of metaphor. By proceeding from the concrete analysis of complex metaphors, White is able to identify a range of features which are incompatible with standard accounts of the way words function in metaphor.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631168117
• ISBN13: 9780631168119
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"