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The Social Use of Metaphor : Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric / J. Christopher Crocker, J. David Sapir. - Reprint 2016 - 1 online resource (250 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Anatomy of Metaphor -- Chapter 2. The Social Functions of Rhetorical Forms -- Introduction -- Chapter 3. Saying Haya Sayings: Two Categories of Proverb Use -- Chapter 4. The Performance of Ritual Metaphors -- Chapter 5. Carrying the Village: Cuna Political Metaphors -- Chapter 6. My Brother the Parrot -- Chapter 7. The Fabricated Child -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index

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Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780812277258 9781512806632

Standard No.: 10.9783/9781512806632 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Metaphor.
Symbolism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.

LC Class. No.: PN228.M4

Dewey Class. No.: 301.2/1