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D. Gentner, Bdan Faikenhain
Theoretical Issues In Natural Language Processing, 1987
Theoretical Issues In Natural Language Processing, 1987
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Gentner, D., & Faikenhain, B. (1987). Metaphor: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Theoretical Issues In Natural Language Processing.
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Gentner, D., and Bdan Faikenhain. “Metaphor: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.” Theoretical Issues In Natural Language Processing (1987).
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Gentner, D., and Bdan Faikenhain. “Metaphor: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.” Theoretical Issues In Natural Language Processing, 1987.
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@article{d1987a,
title = {Metaphor: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly},
year = {1987},
journal = {Theoretical Issues In Natural Language Processing},
author = {Gentner, D. and Faikenhain, Bdan}
}
Abstract
Metaphor is a pervasive and important phenomenon, both in literature and in ordinary language. It is also an immensely variable phenomenon. The term 'metaphor' is often used to refer to nonliteral comparisons that are novel and vivid and that convey ideas that might otherwise be difficult to express (Ortony, 1975). But the term has also been used to refer to systems of extended meanings that are so familiar as to be almost invisible, such as the spatial metaphors 'soaring spirits' or 'falling GNP' (Lakoff & Johnson, 1979; Nagy, 1974). Even if we restrict ourselves to literary metaphors, there is still an enormous range of metaphor types, as shown in the following list:
