Bidirectionality and Metaphor: An Introduction

Chanita Goodblatt, Joseph Glicksohn

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Abstract

The authors first present the interaction theory of metaphor, emphasizing its notion of bidirectionality. They then discuss the relationship between bidirectionality and blending, making explicit the different expectations regarding bidirectionality deriving from interaction theory and blending theory. With this as a suitable background for this special issue on bidirectionality in metaphor, the authors then provide a brief introduction to each of the essays that appear in the issue.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)1-14
Number of pages14
JournalPoetics Today
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • Blending
  • Cognition
  • Gestalt
  • Interaction theory
  • Tension

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Literature and Literary Theory

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