The Social Use of Metaphor: Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric

Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press [2016]
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Summary:Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781512806632
DOI:10.9783/9781512806632

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