Contexts of Metaphor

This study presents an approach to metaphor that systematically takes contextual factors into account. It analyses how metaphors both depend on, and change, the context in which they are uttered, and specifically, how metaphorical interpretation involves the articulation of asserted, implied and presupposed material. It supplements this semantic analysis with a practice-based account of metaphor at the conceptual level, which stresses the role of sociocultural factors in concept formation.Leezenberg, M. is the author of 'Contexts of Metaphor', published 2001 under ISBN 9780080438818 and ISBN 0080438814.