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"... serious scholars of Vico as well as glottogeneticists will find much of value in this excellent monograph." -- New Vico Studies "... a provocative, well-re
Contexts of Metaphor
Language: en
Pages: 331
Authors: Michiel Leezenberg
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-01 - Publisher: BRILL

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This study presents an approach to metaphor that takes contextual factors into account. It analyses how metaphors depend on and change the context in which they
Semiotics in the United States
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Thomas Albert Sebeok
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Georgetown University Press

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"As a glimpse onto U.S. American semiotics through the mind's eye of a witness, participant-observer, architect, and midwife, this slim but rich book fulfills i
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Umberto Eco
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986-07-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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"Eco wittily and enchantingly develops themes often touched on in his previous works, but he delves deeper into their complex nature . . . this collection can b
Forgotten Paths
Language: en
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Authors: Davide Del Bello
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-09 - Publisher: CUA Press

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In Forgotten Paths, Davide Del Bello draws on the insights of Giambattista Vico and examines exemplary texts from classical, medieval, and Renaissance culture w