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- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright
- © Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
- ISBN
- 978-1-349-30982-5
- Pages
- 7 –111
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230244313_2
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[This chapter presents an approach to metaphor that has largely been ignored by scholars of metaphor: the relevance-theory approach to metaphor. I consider this situation unfortunate, because relevance theory, as a cognitive pragmatic view on language and communication, can make very important and unique contributions to the study of metaphor. I will start this chapter by first giving a very brief overview of Gricean pragmatics, because although relevance theory differs from Gricean pragmatics in many respects, it is fundamentally based on core assumptions introduced by Grice. Then I will present an overview of the current state of relevance theory and finally I will critically discuss the advantages and problems of the relevance-theory approach to metaphor.]
Published: Nov 25, 2015
Keywords: Cognitive Effect; Relevance Theory; Literal Meaning; Hybrid Theory; Figurative Language