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Publication details [#2543]

Davidson, Donald. 1978. What metaphors mean. Critical Inquiry 5 : 31–47.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

literal meaning | metaphor

Annotation

D. argues that metaphors mean what the words, in their most literal interpretation, mean, and nothing more. The idea that metaphor has, in addition to its literal sense or meaning, another sense or meaning, is said to be a mistake.

Reprints

Platts, Mark. 1980. In Platts, Mark, ed. Reference, truth and reality: Essays on the philosophy of language. Routledge and Kegan Paul. pp. 238–254.