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14 - Metaphor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2021

By
Aletta G. Dorst
Edited by
Stephen Pihlaja
Stephen Pihlaja
Affiliation:
Newman University
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Summary

Expands on metaphor, which has long been a key issue for scholars of religious language and discourse, given its prevalence across traditions and religions in religious text and talk relating to the ineffable. The chapter unpacks theories of metaphor that understand it both as a cognitive function and as emerging in the dynamic interaction of individuals.

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metaphorreligionlanguagebeliefcognitioncognitive metaphorconceptual metaphor theoryMetaphor Identification Procedure
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Analysing Religious Discourse , pp. 235 - 255
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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