Farnsworth, Ward, 1967-

Farnsworth's Classical English metaphor / Classical English metaphor Ward Farnsworth. - pages cm

Sources and uses of comparisons -- The use of animals to describe humans -- The use of nature to describe abstractions -- The use of nature to describe inner states -- The use of nature and other sources to describe language -- Human biology -- Extreme people -- Occupations -- Extreme circumstances -- The classical world and other sources of story -- Architecture and other man-made things -- Personification -- The construction of similes -- The construction of metaphors.

9781567925487 (alk. paper) 1567925480 (alk. paper)

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Metaphor.
Semantics.
English language--Terms and phrases.

P325.5.M47 / F35 2015

808.8/015