✨ Featured Offer
Brand New
$34.43
List Price: $34.95
🚚
See all 5 offers from $28.06 FREE standard delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Overview
Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well? In Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of effects.Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse includes analyses of over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.
| ISBN-13 | 9781350066038 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1350066036 |
| Weight | 0.70 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.71 x 0.73 x 8.40 In |
| List Price | $34.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 240 pages |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Published On | 2018-11-29 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
Used, Good
Seller details
SurplusTextSeller
Columbia, MO, USA
Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust j...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
✨ Brand New
Seller details
SurplusTextSeller
Columbia, MO, USA
Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Brand New
Seller details
GreatBookPrices-
Columbia, MD, USA
100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition. We offer expedited shipping to all US locat...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Brand New
Seller details
Alibris
Sparks, NV, USA
Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p.
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026
Brand New
Seller details
Paperbackshop
Bensenville, IL, USA
New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot of...
Free delivery by: 03 Apr 2026