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ENGLISH 798 / Language and Metaphor

3 unit(s)

J. Donaldson

A study of language modes and metaphor. The focus will be on the varying impact of metaphoric expression among descriptive, conceptual, rhetorical, and imaginative modes of language. Our treatment will touch on a variety of related areas of interdisciplinary study, including but not limited to cognitive theories of mind, biology, evolutionary theory, grammar and linguistics, genre theory, and the visual arts.


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