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The Extent of the Literal develops a strikingly new approach to metaphor and polysemy in their relation to the conceptual structure. In a straightforward narrative style, the author argues for a reconsideration of standard assumptions concerning the notion of literal meaning and its relation to conceptual structure. She draws on neurophysiological and psychological experimental data in support of a view in which polysemy belongs to the level of words but not to the level of concepts, and thus challenges some seminal work on metaphor and polysemy within cognitive linguistics, lexical semantics and analytical philosophy.
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MARINA RAKOVA is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM, Mexico
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Book Title: The Extent of the Literal
Book Subtitle: Metaphor, Polysemy and Theories of Concepts
Authors: Marina Rakova
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230512801
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-0233-7Published: 24 June 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-50808-2Published: 01 January 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-51280-1Published: 24 June 2003
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 232
Topics: Lexicology/Vocabulary, Philosophy of Language, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology