Metaphor

doi:10.1017/9781108863957.014

14 - Metaphor

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2021

Aletta G. Dorst

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Stephen Pihlaja

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Stephen Pihlaja: Affiliation:
Newman University

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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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metaphor religion language belief cognition cognitive metaphor conceptual metaphor theory Metaphor Identification Procedure

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Information: Analysing Religious Discourse , pp. 235 - 255

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