Title: Figurative Comparisons: The Traditional View
Abstract: This chapter offers a modern restatement of Aristotle's notion that there is no fundamental difference in the figurative force of metaphors and similes. This is commonly called the elliptical simile view of metaphors. This chapter replaces the notion of an elliptical simile with the wider notion of a figurative comparison. On this approach, both metaphors and similes are taken to be figurative comparisons. This squares with Aristotle's view that the difference between the two is trifling.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-02-22
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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