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A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor
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Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies
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| author | Van Rooyen, Ian William |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12117 A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor Van Rooyen, Ian William Snyman, Henning Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-198). Similar to previous academic papers on the topic of relevance, this dissertation too responds to specific claims proposed by relevance theory. The relevance-theoretic account of the recovery of metaphorical interpretations is of particular interest and is considered relative to the assertions of Lakoff and Johnson (1980, 1999) and Lakoff and Turner (1989), proponents of the cognitive linguistic approach to metaphor. The study has three distinct parts. It firstly explores the treatment of metaphor within the framework of Relevance Theory. Secondly, it argues via the assertions of the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor that the relevance-theoretic treatment of metaphor is in violation of one of its fundamental claims about cognition, namely, that human cognition tends to be geared to the maximization of relevance. Thirdly the salience of the cognitive-linguistic view of metaphor is illustrated through the metaphorical characterisation of D.J. Opperman’s (1979) volume of poetry, Komas uit ‘n bamboesstok. 2015-01-13T03:51:54Z 2015-01-13T03:51:54Z 2009 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12117 eng application/pdf Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies Van Rooyen, Ian William A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| title_full | A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| title_fullStr | A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| title_full_unstemmed | A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| title_short | A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| title_sort | metaphorical characterization of d j opperman s komas uit n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor |
| topic | Afrikaans and Netherlandic Studies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12117 |
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