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Metaphor:A Theoretical Relevance Perspective

Ling Jiang

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The study of metaphor has a long history.However,all these traditional views approach metaphor merely from the linguistic structure.Analyzing metaphors from a cognitive perspective,we can conclude that metaphors derived from a range of implicatures constructed on the basis of implicature premises.

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The study of metaphor has a long history.However,all these traditional views approach metaphor merely from the linguistic structure.Analyzing metaphors from a cognitive perspective,we can conclude that metaphors derived from a range of implicatures constructed on the basis of implicature premises.

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The study of metaphor has a long history.However,all these traditional views approach metaphor merely from the linguistic structure.Analyzing metaphors from a cognitive perspective,we can conclude that metaphors derived from a range of implicatures constructed on the basis of implicature premises.

Key concepts: Metaphor, Implicature, Perspective (graphical), Relevance (law), Relevance theory, Cognition, Epistemology, Linguistics

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