Metaphor and Iconicity - A Cognitive Approach to Analyzing Texts

Informationen zum Autor MASAKO HIRAGA is professor of English and Linguistics at the Graduate School of Intercultural Communication Studies, Rikkyo University, Tokyo. Klappentext Metaphor and Iconicity attempts to clarify the interplay of metaphor and iconicity in the creation and interpretation of spoken and written texts from a cognitive perspective. There are various degrees in which metaphor and iconicity manifest themselves, ranging from sound symbolism and parallelism in poetic discourse to word order, inflectional forms, and other grammatical structures in ordinary discourse. The book makes unique contributions to the study of the relationship of form and meaning. Zusammenfassung Metaphor and Iconicity attempts to clarify the interplay of metaphor and iconicity in the creation and interpretation of spoken and written texts from a cognitive perspective. There are various degrees in which metaphor and iconicity manifest themselves, ranging from sound symbolism and parallelism in poetic discourse to word order, inflectional forms, and other grammatical structures in ordinary discourse. The book makes unique contributions to the study of the relationship of form and meaning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements PART ONE: FRAMEWORK Introduction Methodological Framework PART TWO: ANALYSES Manifestation of Metaphor-Icon Links: Prototypical Examples Vision as Meaning Sound as Meaning PART THREE: FURTHER ISSUES The Interplay of Metaphor and Iconicity in Grammar and Discourse Iconicity and Written Language Conclusions Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: M Hiraga, M. Hiraga, Masako K. Hiraga
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349516674
• ISBN: 978-1-349-51667-4
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Asien, B, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Sprache, allgemein und Nachschlagewerke, Poetry, Asia, Ost- und Südostasiatische Sprachen, Language: reference and general, Stylistics, Poetry and Poetics, Asian Languages, East and Southeast Asian languages, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Oriental literature, Asian Literature, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Asia—Languages