The Poetics of Mind
Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding
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- Author: Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Date Published: August 1994
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521429924
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The traditional view of the mind holds that poetic language is a special human ability requiring different cognitive and linguistic skills than employed in ordinary language. The author overturns the traditional perspective by showing how figurative aspects of language reveal the poetic structure of mind. Ideas and research from psychology, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, and literary theory are used to establish important links between the poetic structure of thought and everyday use of language. The Poetics of Mind evaluates current philosophical, linguistic, and literary theories of figurative language and relates the empirical work on figurative language understanding to the broader issues concerning the nature of everyday thought and reasoning.
Read more- The only book that explicitly examines issues on figurative thought and language use in light of empirical evidence from psycholinguistics
- Evaluates philosophical, linguistic, and literary theories of figurative language use with the aid of psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology
- Supported by George Lakoff (author of Women, Fire and Dangerous Things)
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"...accessible to the uninitiated reader and still maintains the highest scholarly standards...Anyone who is interested in the relationship between language and thought should read this book, and they will not be disappointed." Boaz Keysar, Contemporary Psychology
See more reviews"...remarkable both for its comprehensive treatment of its subject and for the way it puts poetics, that is, figurative thought (the variety of tropes), at the very heart of mental operations and social interactions....strongly recommended." James W. Fernandez, American Anthropologist
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- Date Published: August 1994
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521429924
- length: 540 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 149 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.724kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Thinking and Speaking Literally
3. Figurative Language Understanding: A Special Process?
4. Metaphor in Language and Thought
5. Understanding Metaphorical Expressions
6. Idiomaticity
7. Metonymy
8. Irony
9. The Poetic Minds of Children
10. Implications and Future Directions.
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