Metaphor: Implications and Applications

by Mio; Jeffery S.

• ISBN13: 9780805816501
• ISBN10: 080581650X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Research on metaphor has been dominated by Aristotelian questions of processes in metaphor understanding. Although this area is important, it leaves unasked Platonic questions of how structures of the mind affect such processes. Moreover, there has been relatively little work on how metaphors affect human behavior. Although there are numerous postdictive or speculative accounts of the power of metaphors to affect human behavior in particular areas, such as clinical or political arenas, empirical verification of these accounts has been sparse. To fill this void, the editors have compiled this work dedicated to empirical examination of how metaphors affect human behavior and understanding. The book is divided into four sections: metaphor and pragmatics, clinical uses of metaphor, metaphor and politics, and other applications of metaphor. Chapters contained within these sections attempt to merge Aristotelian questions with Platonic ones.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
On Interpreting Statements as Metaphor or Irony: Contextual Heuristics and Cognitive Consequences	p. 1
The Use of Verbal Irony: Cues and Constraints	p. 23
Meaning, Memory, and the Interpretation of Metaphors	p. 39
Conceptualizing the Figurative Expressions of Psychotherapy Clients	p. 59
An Intensive Analysis of Metaphor Themes in Psychotherapy	p. 73
Metaphors in Child Custody Mediation: Utilizing Symbolic Language to Facilitate Agreements	p. 85
The Mental Image of the Human Body: Implications of Physiological Mental Models of Our Understanding of Health and Illness	p. 99
Metaphor, Politics, and Persuasion	p. 127
Economic Metaphors: Ideology, Rhetoric, and Theory	p. 147
Metonymy in Political Discourse	p. 171
Politics without Metaphors Is like a Fish without Water	p. 185
Individual Differences in Metaphoric Facilitation of Comprehension	p. 203
Metaphor in Tactile Pictures for the Blind: Using Metonymy to Evoke Classification	p. 215
Boundaries in Humor and Metaphor	p. 231
Author Index	p. 255
Subject Index	p. 265
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