Deliberate Metaphor Theory Basic assumptions, core tenets, remaining issues

Authors
Publication date 2017
Journal Intercultural Communication
Volume | Issue number 14 | 1
Pages (from-to) 1-24
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract In response to two recent publications about Deliberate Metaphor Theory (DMT) in this journal, I argue that DMT advances metaphor studies into a period with new and exciting research challenges and possibilities for application between various disciplines. I will first spell out my basic assumptions about eleven core concepts in all verbal metaphor research. Then I will present the main tenets of DMT about the difference between deliberate and non-deliberate metaphor. Finally I will briefly discuss which urgent issues still need to be addressed.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1515/ip-2017-0001
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