Metaphor and Iconicity: A Cognitive Approach to Analyzing Texts

by Masako K. Hiraga

Metaphor and Iconicity attempts to clarify the interplay of metaphor and iconicity in the creation and interpretation of spoken and written texts from a cognitive perspective. There are various degrees in which metaphor and iconicity manifest themselves, ranging from sound symbolism and parallelism in poetic discourse to word order, inflectional forms, and other grammatical structures in ordinary discourse. The book makes unique contributions to the study of the relationship of form and meaning.

278 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 2004

Reviews

[Blossom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hiraga es brillante, el análisis metafórico e icónico de cada unos de los textos literarios es profundo, completo e inteligente.

[Meli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I appreciated the diagrams which illustrated her points accessibly.
Hiraga's analysis on haiku in Oku no Hosomichi was especially interesting to me. I loved her analysis on 荒海や in particular!