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Drawing Attention to Metaphor: Case studies across time periods, cultures and modalities
Edited by Camilla Di Biase-Dyson and Markus Egg
[Figurative Thought and Language 5] 2020
► pp. 1–14

Drawing attention to metaphor

An introduction to the debate

| Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
| Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 8 April 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.5.01dib
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