Metaphor and writing : figurative thought in the discourse of written communication /
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| Author / Creator: | Eubanks, Philip, 1954- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8294353 |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. In search of the figurative rhetoric of writing; 2. The double-bind of writer and to write: graded categories; 3. Bind upon bind: the general-ability and specific-expertise views of writing; 4. Three licensing stories: the literate inscriber, the good writer, and the author; 5. Writing as transcription, talk, and voice: a complex metonymy; 6. The writing self: multiple selves, conceptual blends; 7. Writing to 'get ideas across': the role of the conduit metaphor; 8. Codes and conversations: the other conduit metaphor; 9. Metaphor and choice.
