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UNINA9910815458203321 |
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Mixing metaphor : a descriptive and prescriptive analysis / / edited by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication (MiLCC), , 2210-4836 ; ; 6 |
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Metaphor - Psychological aspects |
Metaphor - Usage |
Cognitive grammar |
Semantics |
Concepts |
Thought and thinking |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Mixing Metaphor; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Mixing metaphor in perspective; 2. Summary of the chapters; A view of "mixed metaphor" within a conceptual metaphor theory framework; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Some questions about mixed metaphors; 1.2.1 Why are imagistically incongruent metaphors selected at a particular point in discourse?; 1.2.2 Why are mixed metaphors so common?; 1.2.3 Why do we have cases of metaphorically entirely homogeneous discourse?; 1.2.4 Why are often widely divergent source domains inserted into discourse? |
2.3 Multiple metaphors in theory-building2.4 Conclusions; References; Why mixed metaphors make sense; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Why should mixing metaphors be problematic?; 3.3 Mixed metaphors foreground uncommon aspects of meaning; 3.4 Conclusion - A dynamic view on metaphors in language use; References; Tackling mixed metaphors in discourse; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Study 1; 4.2.1 Method; 4.2.2 Results; |
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4.3 Study 2; 4.3.1 Method; 4.3.1.1 Participants; 4.3.1.2 Materials and Procedure; 4.3.2 Results; 4.4 Conclusion; References; Appendix A; Mixed metaphor; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The ATT-Meta approach |
5.2.1 ATT-Meta's orientation and a quick example5.2.2 Fictionalist/pretence-based approach; 5.2.3 Metaphorical views and mappings in ATT-Meta; 5.2.4 The pretence-based nature of mappings; 5.2.5 Detail in a sub-persons example; 5.2.6 Ancillary assumptions; 5.2.7 View-neutral mapping adjuncts; 5.2.8 Goal-directed reasoning; 5.2.9 ATT-Meta and blending; 5.3 ATT-Meta and mixed metaphor; 5.3.1 The marigold example: Mixed form; 5.3.2 Deployment of pretence spaces, VNMAs and inference; 5.3.3 More on parallel mixing; 5.3.4 Combining different types of mixing |
5.3.5 Advantages that ATT-Meta brings to mixed metaphor5.4 Further discussion: Variability of analysis; 5.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Mixed metaphor is a question of deliberateness; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Mixed metaphor and deliberateness; 6.3 Deliberate versus non-deliberate metaphor; 6.4 From deliberate to mixed metaphor; 6.5 Epilogue; References; When languages and cultures meet; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Metaphor and the learner of English; 7.3 Mixed, extended, and repeated metaphors in language learner discourse; 7.4 Discussion and conclusion; References |
The 'dull roar' and the 'burning barbed wire pantyhose' |
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UNINA9910993888703321 |
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Ray R. Celeste |
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Transatlantic Scots |
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Alabama, : University of Alabama Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (382 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RayR. Celeste |
BennettMargaret <1946-> |
CowanEdward J |
BasuPaul |
HookAndrew |
JarvieGrant |
McArthurColin |
SheetsJohn W |
VanceMichael |
DemblingJonathan |
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Disciplina |
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305.891/63073 |
305.8916307 |
305.89163073 |
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North America - Emigration and immigration - History |
North America -- Emigration and immigration -- History |
North America - Ethnic relations |
North America -- Ethnic relations |
Regionalism - North America |
Regionalism -- North America |
Scotland - Emigration and immigration - History |
Scotland -- Emigration and immigration -- History |
Scots - North America - Ethnic identity |
Scots -- North America -- Ethnic identity |
Scots - North America - History |
Scots -- North America -- History |
Scots - North America - Social life and customs |
Scots -- North America -- Social life and customs |
Transnationalism |
Scots - History - North America |
Scots - Social life and customs - North America |
Scots - Ethnic identity - North America |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Transatlantic Scots and Ethnicity; 2. Scottish Immigration and Ethnic Organization in the United States; 3. A Brief History of Organized Scottishness in Canada; 4. From the Quebec-Hebrideans to "les Écossais-Québécois": Tracing the Evolution of a Scottish Cultural Identity in Canada's Eastern Townships; 5. Powerful Pathos: The Triumph of Scottishness in Nova Scotia; 6. You Play It as You Would Sing It: Cape Breton, Scottishness, and the Means of Cultural Production |
7. The North American Émigré, Highland Games, and Social Capital in International Communities8. Troubling Times in the Scottish-American Relationship; 9. Bravehearts and Patriarchs: Masculinity on the Pedestal in Southern Scottish Heritage Celebration; 10. Finding Colonsay's Emigrants and a "Heritage of Place"; 11. Pilgrims to the Far Country: North American "roots-tourists" in the Scottish Highlands and Islands; 12. Tartan Day in America; 13. Transatlantic Scots, Their Interlocutors, and the Scottish Discursive Unconscious; Contributors; Index |
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Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage. During the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies. Well over 300 Scottish Highland games and gatherings annually take place across the U.S. and Canada. Transatlantic Scots is a multidisciplinary collection that studies the regional organization and varied expressions of the Scottish Heritage movement in the Canadian Maritimes, the Great Lakes, New |
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