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Query:	Quantifying metaphors
Author:	k auty
Submitter Email:	click here to access email
Linguistic LingField(s):	Ling & Literature
Summary:	I recently posted a query on the linguist list regarding the quantification and categorisation of figurative language. I was particularly interested in metaphor. I would like to thank the following people for their responses: Daniel Currie Hall Andrew Rosta George Elgin Suzette Haden Elgin Tim Clausner Carrasquel Debus A list of the recommended sources regarding metaphor follows: URL -- www.uia.org -- (for the Union of International organisations) Clausner, T.C., & Croft, W. (1997). "Productivity and schematicity in metaphors." Cognitive Science, 21(3), pp. 247- 282. Jakobson, Roman. 1956. "Two Aspects of Language and Two Types of Aphasic Disturbances." In Jakobson, Roman, and Morris Halle, Fundamentals of Language_, pp. 55-82. The Hague: Mouton. Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. 1980. Metaphors we live by. Lakoff, George. 1987. Women, Fire and Dangerous things: What categories reveal about the mind. Many thanks, Katy Auty Katy Auty Department of Cultural Studies University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE email: k.auty@uclan.ac.uk tel: 01772 893033 fax: 01772 892924

LL Issue:	9.1475
Date Posted:	22-Oct-1998
Original Query:	Read original query
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