Tropical truth(s) :: the epistemology of metaphor and other tropes /

The 18 contributions to this volume deal with a variety of 'tropes', such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, euphemism, antonomasia and hyperbole. Using various approaches or paradigms, the authors aim to find an answer to crucial epistemological questions, namely whether and to wha...

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Weitere Verfasser: Burkhardt, Armin, Nerlich, Brigitte, 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:The 18 contributions to this volume deal with a variety of 'tropes', such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, euphemism, antonomasia and hyperbole. Using various approaches or paradigms, the authors aim to find an answer to crucial epistemological questions, namely whether and to what extent utterances containing tropes can be said to be true or false.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 427 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783110230215
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9783110230208
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9781282716117
9786612716119
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