Metaphor: Its Cognitive Force and Linguistic Structure

Title page
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
1. Towards Perspectival Theory of Metaphor
2. The Identification of Metaphor
	2.1 Literal and Conentional Meaning
	2.2 Locating Incongruity
3. An Interlude concerning Context: A Relational Theory of Meaning
	3.1 On the Very Idea of Metaphorical Meaning
	3.2 A Relational Approach to Meaning
4. Interpreting Metaphor
	4.1 Metaphor as Second-Order Meaning
	4.2 The Metaphorical Function
5. Alternative Approaches: A Critique
	5.1 The Predicate Transfer Thesis
	5.2 The Linguistic Approach: Feature Addition and Deletion
	5.3 A Critique of Atomistic Theories as Bases for a Theory of Metaphor
6. Semantic Field Theory
	6.1 The Historical and Conceptual Basis of the Theory
	6.2 The Structure of Semantic Fields
	6.3 Semantic Fields and Word Meaning
7. Semantic Fields and the Structure of Metaphor
	7.1 Displaying the Structure of Metaphor
	7.2 Metaphorical v. Non-Metaphorical Transfers of Meaning
	Appendix: Extracts from Plato's Theaetetus
8. Concluding Remarks: Reference and Truth in Metaphor
	8.1 Metaphorical Reference as Anaphora
	8.2 Epistemic Access and Metaphorical Truth
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index