Mixed metaphors : their use and abuse /: their use and abuse. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Karen Sullivan.
• Authors: Sullivan, Karen, 1980-
• Contents: Introduction -- Perfect mix or perfect mess? -- Conceptual metaphor theory -- The main reasons metaphors mix -- More exotic mixes -- Metaphor or not? how ambiguity causes "mixing" -- Malaphors and other "ducks out of water" -- Why we need multiple metaphors -- Mixing metaphors for fun and profit -- Making the most of your metaphors.
• Publisher Details: London, UK New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
• Subjects: 808/.032; Writing skills; Metaphor; Paradox; Ambiguity; Metaphor -- Psychological aspects; Ambiguity; Metaphor; Metaphor -- Psychological aspects; Paradox; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; REFERENCE / Writing Skills; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Semantics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Composition & Creative Writing; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Rhetoric; Semantics & pragmatics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350066052; 1350066052; 9781350066069; 1350066060
• Related ISBNs: 9781350066045
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 02, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.