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The Myth of Metaphor
By Colin Murry Turbayne
238 pages
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- List of Abbreviations ix
- Introduction 3
- Part One - Finding the Metaphor 9
- Chapter I - The Nature of Metaphor 11
- Chapter II - Analysis and Synthesis 28
- Chapter III - New Metaphors for Old 54
- Part Two - The Metaphor Described and Applied 71
- Chapter IV - Ordinary Language 73
- Chapter V - Visual Language 101
- Part Three - Testing the Metaphor 139
- Chapter VII - The Geometrical Model 159
- Chapter VIII - Test Cases 172
- Conclusion 203
- Index 219