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Sadock, Jerrold M. 1979. Figurative speech and linguistics. In Ortony, Andrew, ed. Metaphor and thought. Cambridge University Press. pp. 46–63.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

figurative meaning | metaphor

Annotation

S. argues that the distinction between figurative and conventional meaning is difficult to draw, and that metaphor is not a linguistic problem.

Reviewed by

Cohen, L. Jonathan. 1979. The semantics of metaphor. In Ortony, Andrew, ed. Metaphor and thought. Cambridge University Press. pp. 64–77.

Rumelhart, David E. 1979. Some problems with the notion of literal meanings. In Ortony, Andrew, ed. Metaphor and thought. Cambridge University Press. pp. 78–90.