Figuratively Speaking: Revised Edition

by Robert J. Fogelin

Book Overview

In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning--irony, hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others--to show how they work and to explain their attraction. Building on the ideas of Grice and Tversky, Fogelin contends that figurative language derives its power from its insistence that the reader participate in the text, looking beyond the literal meaning of the figurative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199739994
• ISBN13: 9780199739998
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"