The poetics of time : metaphors and blends in language and literature / Anna Piata.

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Plata, Anna [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Figurative Thought and Language SerPublisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789027264664
902726466X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poetics of time.DDC classification:

808/.032 23

LOC classification:

P37.5.S65 P53 2018

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Contents:

TIme, cognition, and poetics -- The conceptual structure of time in MG -- Creative metaphors of time -- Highly creative metaphors of time -- Non-metaphorical figurative expressions of time -- Time from metaphor and beyond?

Summary: How does the concept of time, elusive and inconceivable as it may be, lend itself to verbal creativity? Is it possible to trace something like a "poetics of time"? This book embarks on this endeavor initiated by the assumption that verbal creativity can shed some new light on our understanding of time, challenging everyday linguistic patterns and manipulating mental representations in unforeseen ways. Drawing on empirical evidence from Modern Greek poetry, the book offers a unified account of time conceptualization along a continuum of various degrees of non-conventionality. It also shows, unlike what has been traditionally assumed in the literature, that creativity in the expression of time is not limited to metaphor but extends to other figurative tropes that are perhaps specific to poetry. Poetry thus transpires as an ideal testing frame for exploring temporal cognition and meaning construction alike.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How does the concept of time, elusive and inconceivable as it may be, lend itself to verbal creativity? Is it possible to trace something like a "poetics of time"? This book embarks on this endeavor initiated by the assumption that verbal creativity can shed some new light on our understanding of time, challenging everyday linguistic patterns and manipulating mental representations in unforeseen ways. Drawing on empirical evidence from Modern Greek poetry, the book offers a unified account of time conceptualization along a continuum of various degrees of non-conventionality. It also shows, unlike what has been traditionally assumed in the literature, that creativity in the expression of time is not limited to metaphor but extends to other figurative tropes that are perhaps specific to poetry. Poetry thus transpires as an ideal testing frame for exploring temporal cognition and meaning construction alike.

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