Transformational analysis of metaphor
In this study it is assumed that we can, roughly speaking, distinguish metaphors from non-metaphors. A representative list of metaphors is examined. It is found that syntactic parsing reveals no marks of metaphor, and that semantic parsing, though more illuminating, cannot help us in the analysis of...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36443 |