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Metaphor and Iconicity

A Cognitive Approach to Analyzing Texts

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  1. Masako K. Hiraga
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 3-21

    3. Methodological Framework

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 22-53

  3. Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Manifestation of Metaphor-Icon Links: Prototypical Examples

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 57-90

    3. Vision as Meaning

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 91-126

    4. Sound as Meaning

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 127-169

  4. Further Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. The Interplay of Metaphor and Iconicity in Grammar and Discourse

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 173-193

    3. Iconicity and Written Language

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 194-218

    4. Conclusions

      • Masako K. Hiraga
      Pages 219-227

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 228-261
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About this book

Metaphor and Iconicity attempts to clarify the interplay of metaphor and iconicity in the creation and interpretation of spoken and written texts from a cognitive perspective. There are various degrees in which metaphor and iconicity manifest themselves, ranging from sound symbolism and parallelism in poetic discourse to word order, inflectional forms, and other grammatical structures in ordinary discourse. The book makes unique contributions to the study of the relationship of form and meaning.

About the author

MASAKO HIRAGA is professor of English and Linguistics at the Graduate School of Intercultural Communication Studies, Rikkyo University, Tokyo.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metaphor and Iconicity

  • Book Subtitle: A Cognitive Approach to Analyzing Texts

  • Authors: Masako K. Hiraga

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510708

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3345-4Published: 10 December 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51667-4Published: 01 January 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51070-8Published: 10 December 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 261

  • Topics: Stylistics, Poetry and Poetics, Asian Literature, Asian Languages

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