Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphor to Idioms

by Sam Glucksberg

Book Overview

This book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively. Traditionally, figurative language such as metaphors and idioms has been considered derivative from more complex than ostensibly straightforward literal language. Glucksberg argues that figurative language involves the same kinds of linguistic and pragmatic operations that are used for ordinary, literal language. Glucksberg's research in this book is concerned with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195111095
• ISBN13: 9780195111095
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"