Semantic Meaning and Content: The Intractability of Metaphor
DOI: http://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxxiii1.07 Davidson argues that metaphorical sentences express no propositional contents other than the explicit literal contents they express. He offers a causal account, on the one hand, as an explanation of the supposed additional content of a metaphor in term...
Main Author: | Richmond Kwesi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne / The Polish Semiotic Society
2019-12-01
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Series: | Studia Semiotyczne |
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Online Access: | http://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Studiasemiotyczne/article/view/62 |
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