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OverviewThe Logic of Metaphor uses techniques from possible worlds semantics to provide formal truth-conditions for many grammatical classes of metaphors. It gives logically precise and practically useful syntactic and semantic rules for generating and interpreting metaphors. These rules are implemented in a working computer program. The book treats the lexicon as a conceptual network with semantics provided by an intensional predicate calculus. It gives rules for finding analogies in such networks. It shows how to analyse texts containing metaphors both syntactically and semantically and how to use structural similarities between parts of possible worlds to provide truth-conditions for metaphors. Meanings for metaphors are linked to the modal logics of identity and indiscernibility. The book shows how to extend deductive and adductive inference systems so as to handle metaphors and how to handle novel metaphorical word-senses. Indispensable reading for philosophers, logicians, linguists and computer scientists. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eric SteinhartPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001 Volume: 299 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048157129ISBN 10: 9048157129 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 08 December 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Language.- 3. Conceptual Structures.- 4. Analogy.- 5. Analogical Transference.- 6. Metaphorical Communication.- 7. Analogy and Truth.- 8. Metaphor and Inference.- 9. Lexical Meanings.- 10. Conclusion.- References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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