Poetic Logic: The Role of Metaphor in Thought, Language, and Culture (Language and Communication, V. 1) - Softcover

Danesi, Marcel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891859498 ISBN 13: 9781891859496

Verlag: Atwood Pub, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

"No theory formulated in language can ever penetrate the world of realty. It can however, reveal it serendipitously, through metaphor," writes Marcel Danesi.

The use of metaphor to create and communicate ideas is so commonplace and pervasive as to go unnoticed. We no longer are aware that a metaphor is truly a metaphor because it is so entrenched. These metaphors permeate our thought processes, are exemplified in our language, and are reflective of our cultures. We seek to explain and transmit the unexplainable through our metaphors: we seek to make and share meaning. The ability of our minds to create these meanings is termed poetic logic.

Danesi writes: "The main goal of this book has been to take the reader on an excursion through an amalgam of facts, ideas, and illustrations that reveal how poetic logic works in making the world visible and thus understandable in human terms. Metaphor is a trace to poetic thinking, which constantly creates connections among things. This is why metaphors and metaforms have such emotional power—they tie people together, allowing them to express a common sense of purpose in an interconnected fashion."

For those seeking a text which enhances our understanding of communication, Poetic Logic provides a basis for examining reality through the metaphors we collectively or collaboratively incorporate into ordinary life.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Atwood Pub
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1891859498
• ISBN 13: 9781891859496
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 142
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