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Single Idea 18028
[filed under theme 19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor
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Full Idea
Gricean theories of metaphor …assume that conversational implicatures are generated via literal contents, and hence that a sentence cannot generate an implicature without being literally meaningful.
Gist of Idea
Gricean theories of metaphor involve conversational implicatures based on literal meanings
Source
Ofra Magidor (Category Mistakes [2013], 3.5)
Book Ref
Magidor,Ofra: 'Category Mistakes' [OUP 2013], p.72
A Reaction
Magidor gives not details of such theories, but presumably the metaphor is all in the speaker's intention, which is parasitic on the wayward literal meaning, as in cases of irony.
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If you shouldn't argue in metaphors, then you shouldn't try to define them either
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7775
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Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules
[Davidson]
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7776
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Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean
[Davidson]
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7777
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We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false
[Davidson]
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19161
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We indicate use of a metaphor by its obvious falseness, or trivial truth
[Davidson]
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8861
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Hardly a word in the language is devoid of metaphorical potential
[Yablo]
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18023
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Theories of metaphor divide over whether they must have literal meanings
[Magidor]
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18025
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The simile view of metaphors removes their magic, and won't explain why we use them
[Magidor]
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18024
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One theory says metaphors mean the same as the corresponding simile
[Magidor]
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18027
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Metaphors as substitutes for the literal misses one predicate varying with context
[Magidor]
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18026
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Maybe a metaphor is just a substitute for what is intended literally, like 'icy' for 'unemotional'
[Magidor]
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18028
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Gricean theories of metaphor involve conversational implicatures based on literal meanings
[Magidor]
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18029
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Non-cognitivist views of metaphor says there are no metaphorical meanings, just effects of the literal
[Magidor]
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18022
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Metaphors tend to involve category mistakes, by joining disjoint domains
[Magidor]
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