The Concept of 'Syntactic Metaphor' and its Background in the Philosophy of Language

• Autores: Hans Julius Schneider
• Localización: Estudios de lingüística aplicada, ISSN 0185-2647, Nº. 11, 1990
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The following paper tries to develop, in an introductory fashion, the concept of a 'syntactic metaphor'. Although the concept of metaphor is being highly debated nowadays I have not found it applied to the domain of syntax. So hopefully I am offering here something new. I am myself curious whether it will turn out to be a legitimate and useful concept or not; so I do welcome the opportunity to present my arguments and I will be thankful for comments and criticism.