Presents a syntax of metophor, discussing a typology of metaphor, the relationship between literal sense and figurative sense, and the importance of a precise definition of metaphor. (AM)

Examines the relationship between children's attribute saliency and metaphor interpretation. Findings indicate that attribute saliency for the individual perceiving the metaphor plays a key role in the interpretation process. (Author/CB)

Various conceptions of metaphor worked out within a generative framework are presented. The term metaphor is used to denote any instance of figurative language use. It is concluded that the restrictions imposed by Chomsky's theory are too idiosyncratic for any adequate study of metaphor to be developed within its framework. (Available from: See FL…

Discusses the translator's obligation to render the meaning of the text as well as its formal aspects. (DD)

Discusses the history of the metaphor, its various forms, and the problems involved in an analysis of the metaphor. Analyzes the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the metaphor. (AM)

This paper examines some of the problems associated with interpreting metonymy, a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something. After defining metonymy and outlining the principles of metonymy, the paper explains the differences between metonymy, synecdoche, and metaphor. It is…

Discusses the interaction of metaphor and idiom and the problems this poses for linguistic theory. (AM)

Hitherto, theories of similarity have restricted themselves to judgments of what might be called literal similarity. A central thesis of this paper is that a complete account of similarity needs also to be sensitive to nonliteralness, or metaphoricity, an aspect of similarity statements that is most evident in similes, but that actually underlies…

Defining metaphor as "seeing a concept from one class in terms of a concept from another class," a study was devised that analyzed the degree to which two concepts occupy dissimilar positions with respect to their category or domain (within-domain distance), and the degree to which categories themselves are dissimilar (between-domain distance).…

The capacity to appreciate and produce metaphoric language is thought to develop at adolescence. Yet metaphors are frequently noted in the speech of preschool children. To resolve this apparent contradiction, a test probing metaphoric capacity was devised. Matched groups of subjects ranging in age from 3 1/2 to 19 were required to indicate…

Presents results of a study of fifth-grade students' ability to interpret novel metaphors and similes when provided with a subschemata of semantic attributes. (AEA)

The standard dictionary definition of a metaphor--a word or phrase applied to an object or concept that it does not literally denote in order to suggest comparison with another object or concept--is inadequate in that it does not deal with whole sentence metaphors and that it provides no way of distinguishing between a metaphor and a semantic…

Reports on a study investigating the nature of metaphoric language in children's usage, specifically examining the unconventional word uses of one child between the ages of two years, three months, and four years, ten months. (Author/AM)

Discusses whether it is worthwhile to refer the literal sense or origin of an unfamiliar figurative expression as it is encountered by a language learner in specialized reading. Cognitive semantic tools were applied to reading economic discourse. The hypothesis that an enhanced metaphoric awareness on the part of language learners can be…