The Metaphoric Process : Connections Between Language and Life

Gemma Corradi Fiumara

ISBN 10: 0415126258 / ISBN 13: 9780415126250

Published by Routledge, 1995

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Metaphor is much more than just a linguistic phenomena, argues Gemma Corradi Fiumara, it is in fact the key process by which we construct and develop our ability to understand the world and the people we share it with.Rationality as understood by philosophers has led to a disembodied view of ourselves in which interaction between life and language has been downplayed. By looking at the metaphoric process - in an interpersonal rather than a formal way - its importance in allowing us access to new worlds of experience is revealed. The metaphoric potential in us all exposes us to the world and initiates our involvement in it.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Metaphoric Process : Connections Between Language and Life
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415126258
• ISBN 13: 9780415126250
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 11D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 11 millimeters depth
• Weight: 324 grams

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Synopsis

Metaphor is more than just a linguistic phenomena, argues Fiumara. It is in fact the key process by which we construct and develop our ability to understand the world and the people we share it with.

About the Author

Gemma Corradi Fiumara is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Third University of Rome and a full member of the International Psychoanalytic Association. Her writings include Philosophy and Coexistence and The Symbolic Function: Psychoanalysis and the Philosophy of Language. The Other Side of Language: A Philosophy of Listening was published by Routledge in 1990.