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The Social Use of Metaphor: Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric

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Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Country
United States
Date
29 May 1977
Pages
249
ISBN
9780812277258

Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world.

Read More
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Country
United States
Date
29 May 1977
Pages
249
ISBN
9780812277258

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