Description
Understand why some mixed metaphors succeed and others fail and learn how metaphoric ideas are put together, to better appreciate the different ways they can be mixed.
About the Author
Karen Sullivan is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Queensland, Australia
Reviews
[Using] copious real-life examples ... Sullivan makes apt points about the formal properties of some good and bad mixed metaphors - how close the metaphorical elements stand to each other and how congruent their underlying conceptual metaphors are. * Times Literary Supplement *
[Mixed Metaphors could] serve as a popular introduction to CMT covering a wide range of examples drawn from spoken, written and multimodal discourses, advertising, science, literature and media (i.e. press, electronic and social media). Its popular appeal is reinforced by "further reading" recommendations that are attached to seven of the nine chapters ... These aspects make the book accessible to undergraduate students and a wider audience who may not have had any academic teaching on metaphors. * Journal of Pragmatics *
Informative and rich in content ... A trailblazer in providing a comprehensive introduction to mixed metaphors. * Discourse Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350066038
Author Dr Karen Sullivan
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 316g