29.4741, Books: Mixed Metaphors: Sullivan

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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 21:05:34
From: Lianna Iwanikiw [lianna.iwanikiw at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Mixed Metaphors: Sullivan

 


Title: Mixed Metaphors 
Subtitle: Their Use and Abuse 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
	   http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
	

Book URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/mixed-metaphors-9781350066038/ 


Author: Karen Sullivan

Electronic: ISBN:  9781350066052 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 21.58 Comment: ePUB
Electronic: ISBN:  9781350066069 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 21.58 Comment: ePDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781350066045 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781350066038 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 19.99


Abstract:

Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon',
but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors
packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it
that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so
well?

In "Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse", Karen Sullivan employs findings
from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined
and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas
are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide
range of effects.

"Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse" includes analyses of over a hundred
metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures,
and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing
or astounding.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Semantics


Written In: English  (eng)

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