Dead metaphors

[Sonja L Launspach]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Christian Kjaer Nelson wrote:

> (Apologies for cross-posting)
>
> Anybody know of the origins of the term "dead metaphor"?
>

I don't know the origins of the term but Lakoff states in his article on
dead metaphors that the term is a holdover from "a traditional folk theory
of language". The article is _The Death of Dead Metaphors_ in Metaphor and
Symbolic Activity 2(2) 1987 p143-147. The article discusses ways of
defining the term dead metaphor or redefining its use in the light of
newer perspectives on metaphor.

Sonja Launspach



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