In this book, the author develops a new approach of metaphors by systematically distinguishing the level of linguistic properties from the level of psychological processes associated with metaphorical interpretations. Besides avoiding problems of other available theories of metaphor his account also enables to gain valuable insights about other tropes such as irony or metonymy as well as about the relation between semantics and pragmatics.

Autorentext

Jacob Hesse, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Deutschland.