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TROPICAL TRUTH(S)
THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF METAPHOR AND OTHER TROPES |
| By: |
Armin Burkhardt (Editor), Brigitte Nerlich (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£148.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3110230208 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783110230208 |
| Publisher: |
DE GRUYTER |
| Pages: |
427 |
| Description: |
Features the contributions that deal with a variety of tropes such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, euphemism, antonomasia and hyperbole. Using various approaches or paradigms, this title aims to find an answer to the epistemological questions, namely whether and to what extent utterances containing tropes can be said to be true or false. |
| Synopsis: |
The 18 contributions to this volume deal with a variety of ?tropes?', such as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, euphemism, antonomasia and hyperbole. Using various approaches or paradigms, the authors aim to find an answer to crucial epistemological questions, namely whether and to what extent utterances containing tropes can be said to be true or false. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Walter de Gruyter & Co |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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