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Metaphor and Thought reflects the surge of interest in and research into the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought. Philosophers, psychologists, linguists, and educators raise serious questions about the viability of the traditional distinction between the literal and the metaphorical, discussing problems ranging from the definition of metaphor to its role in language acquistion, learning, scientific thinking, and the creation of social policy. In the second edition, the contributors have updated their original essays to reflect changes in their fields. The volume also includes six new chapters that present important and influential new ideas about metaphor that have appeared in such fields as the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology, education, and artificial intelligence. The book will serve as an excellent graduate-level textbook in cognitive psychology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence.
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    978-0521405614
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    2nd
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    Cambridge University Press
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    November 26, 1993
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 1.74 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    696 pages
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"There are books that deserve a special place for their being long-lasting and valuable contributions to the clarification of a field or a theoretical object. Metaphor and Thought has been one among them since it first appeared in 1979 and is still certainly so, now, in this enriched second edition." Cristina Cacciari, Contemporary Psychology

"...an excellent investment for anyone who would like to sample a menu rich in papers on this crucial psychological process. For those still wavering in skepticism (who cannot believe metaphor is all that crucial), this book could well make the difference." Contemporary Psychology

"Ortony and others involved in this project are to be congratulated...this volume is a persuasive demonstration that for the theories of language, communication, and cognition, an adequate account of metaphor is a necessity and no mere nicety." Canadian Journal of Philosophy

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Examines the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (November 26, 1993)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 696 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521405610
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521405614
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.74 x 9 inches
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I am a certified wellness coach and a leader in the US of a new healing process called Family Constellations. My long and rich professional life began doing medical and cognitive science research at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. Although I was very successful in academics, the work seemed too abstract. As part of an ongoing quest for personal and intellectual wholeness, I later moved into business systems analysis and technology management. These became my "day jobs." I wrote extensively for technical, trade, and popular publications—and eventually became a Chief Technical Officer.

But, with a disturbed family background, and significant wellness issues of my own, I also undertook in the meantime seven years training in shamanic healing techniques from Native American and mixed blood elders. Teaching these ways and healing others became for two decades my “night job.” Systems theory, shamanism, and healing all came together for me in 2008 in a full-time practice of WholeSelf and WholeFamily Wellness Coaching.

Where physical and emotional suffering have gotten stuck in client’s lives, I see severe fragmentation of lives and families, coupled with mechanical, impersonal, over-specialized, drug heavy healthcare—most often at the root of it. With a combination of genuine empathy (having been there myself) and cutting edge knowledge and coaching tools—I am extremely good at leading clients back towards wholeness and getting that suffering “unstuck.” Left-over loyalties to unresolved issues in the birth family's past are often the "missing link."

An impassioned writer and speaker, I work to share my insights with professionals and the public alike.

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This book has been out of print, but it is significant in that it brings together important theorists commenting on each other's articles, which makes it kind of a discussion on the common topic of metaphor. Not all of the theorists are known for their work on metaphor. Schon connects metaphors to problem framing, while Kuhn draws a connection to scientific paradigms. All in all a thought provoking and insightful collection.
I bought it used. It came very quickly and in excellent condition.
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Victor C Vosen
1.0 out of 5 stars go read a poem you currs
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a lot of this book is similar to symantecs and how one defines metaphor and symbolism as one splits and lumps without colusion or cohesive insight. Kind of like a descent into a maelstrom that then pullverizes you while one drowns and some sailors find your body and carry on discussion on just what could have killed you as they eat your body for dinner cause they've run out of unwormy hard-tack and split your liver as it were.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book from a SUPERB BOOKSHOP
Reviewed in Spain on August 28, 2021
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I've been looking for this book long time, and finally I found It at Ultimate Treasures BS. Thank you very much! Also the bookseller asked me, after I recived the book, if everything goes right. For me it's 5⭐
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5.0 out of 5 stars 20世紀後半のメタファー論は21世紀でも新鮮に感じとる。
Reviewed in Japan on February 7, 2016
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Black, Reddy, Lakoff, Gibbsなど、メタファー研究の大物研究者が勢ぞろい。英語的に難しいが多岐な渡るディープな論点が多い。
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