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Norrman, Ralf – 1978
Examples cited refute a generally accepted view that the origins of metaphors are arbitrary. To illustrate this point, examples are cited of how products of nature (curcubitic plants: melons, pumpkins) are used as references to people and their characteristics (hardiness, appearance, texture, inertness, reproductive and sexual connotations). In…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Figurative Language, Linguistic Theory, Metaphors
Molino, Jean – Langages, 1979
Challenges the contention of science that scientific language eliminates figurative language and, instead, demonstrates the relationship of metaphor, models, and analogy to scientific concepts. (AM)
Descriptors: Deduction, Epistemology, Figurative Language, Metaphors
