{"product_id":"understanding-figurative-language-from-metaphor-to-idioms-oxford-psychology-series-9780195111095","title":"Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphor to Idioms (Oxford Psychology Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively. Traditionally  figurative language such as metaphors and idioms has been considered derivative from more complex than ostensibly straightforward literal language. Glucksberg argues that figurative language involves the same kinds of linguistic and pragmatic operations that are used for ordinary  literal language. Glucksbergs research in this book is concerned with ordinary language: expressions that are used in daily life  including conversations about everyday matters  newspaper and magazine articles  and the media. Metaphor is the major focus of the book. Idioms  however  are also treated comprehensively  as is the theory of conceptual metaphor in the context of how people understand both conventional and novel figurative expressions. A new theory of metaphor comprehension is put forward  and evaluated with respect to competing theories in linguistics and in psychology. The central tenet of the theory is that ordinary conversational metaphors are used to create new concepts and categories. This process is spontaneous and automatic. Metaphor is special only in the sense that these categories get their names from the best examples of the things they represent  and that these categories get their names from the best examples of those categories. Thus  the literal \"shark\" can be a metaphor for any vicious and predatory being  from unscrupulous salespeople to a murderous character in The Threepenny Opera. Because the same term  e.g. \"shark \" is used both for its literal referent and for the metaphorical category  as in \"My lawyer is a shark \" we call it the dual-reference theory. The theory is then extended to two other domains: idioms and conceptual metaphors. The book presents the first comprehensive account of how people use and understand metaphors in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953301512245,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195111095","price":96.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195111095.jpg?v=1788184561","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understanding-figurative-language-from-metaphor-to-idioms-oxford-psychology-series-9780195111095","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}