The Extent of the Literal
Metaphor, Polysemy and Theories of Concepts
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Beschreibung
The Extent of the Literal develops a strikingly new approach to metaphor and polysemy in their relation to the conceptual structure. In a straightforward narrative style, the author argues for a reconsideration of standard assumptions concerning the notion of literal meaning and its relation to conceptual structure. She draws on neurophysiological and psychological experimental data in support of a view in which polysemy belongs to the level of words but not to the level of concepts, and thus challenges some seminal work on metaphor and polysemy within cognitive linguistics, lexical semantics and analytical philosophy.
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M. Rakova
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analytical philosophy argue cognitive linguistics concept linguistics metaphor nature philosophy semantic semantics structure style