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Figures of speech
The Philosophers' Magazine 56 (56):31-41 (2012)
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We cannot explain our diverse practices for engaging with imagery through general pragmatic mechanisms. There is no general mechanism behind practices like metaphor and irony. Metaphor works the way it works; irony works the way it works.Author Profiles
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