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Metaphoric language is very much the product of human action, and many scholars now claim that metaphor in language arises from metaphors in thought. But the reasons for why we think metaphorically and speak (gesture) in these ways may be rooted in principles of self-organization that describe the e...

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Other Authors: Macarthur, Fiona
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Series:Human cognitive processing ; v. 38.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:Metaphoric language is very much the product of human action, and many scholars now claim that metaphor in language arises from metaphors in thought. But the reasons for why we think metaphorically and speak (gesture) in these ways may be rooted in principles of self-organization that describe the existence, and forms, of many other animate and inanimate things, ranging from snowflakes to termite nests. This chapter describes the benefits of looking at metaphor from a self-organizational point of view, known as dynamical systems theory, and suggests how this perspective can solve several long-
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027273468
9027273464
128389484X
9781283894845

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