Drawing attention to metaphor
An introduction to the debate
Article outline
- 1.By means of context
- 2.Definitions: Metaphor, “deliberateness” and “attention-drawing”
- 3.The theory and the debate(s)
- 4.Methods
- 5.The role of non-textual modes
- 6.The antiquity debate: Are we second-guessing ancient authors?
- 7.The role of genre
- 8.Summing up
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Notes
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