Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse

by Karen Sullivan

Book Overview

Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well?

In Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350066036
• ISBN13: 9781350066038
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"