Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences) ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 133-140.

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The Working Mechanism of the Explicit Functions of Metaphor

  

  1. (College of Foreign Languages,Tianjin Polytechnic University,Tianjin 300160,China)    
  • Online:2008-01-15 Published:2012-05-17

Abstract: In the pragmatic perspective,metaphor serves as a linguistic resource/means/strategy,explicitly false but implicitly appropriate,for more effectivecommunications.The explicit function suggests that converge the metaphorical meaning,the metaphorical implicature,the emotion and the non-linguistic cues.Its subcategories in question consist in notion/concept easy accessibility (cognitive function),language enhancement (word/notion filling,economy,discourse/ coherence and expressive/poetic function),emotive function,interpersonal function and culture-laden function.

Key words: pragmatic, metaphor, explicit, function, working mechanism

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