CMN 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Literal And Figurative Language, Body Language, Liniment
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Could be ironic - it"s actually cold. Ex: he got duped vs. he was told by his romantic partner that she no longer desires to be involved with him romantically. Use same language to convey different meanings. Can use same expression to have variety of meanings. Word vs. phrase vs. sentence vs. prose. The dog chewed em up & spat em out. Categories of figurative thought figurative language. How much time do i have left?can you spare me a few. Anger is heated fluid in a sealed container. Mind is a container/ ideas are entities. The info spewed from my brain after the exam. She let the cat out of the bag. You are heading down a dark path. Novel mappings of knowledge from dissimilar domains of experience. A lot of figurative language is common knowledge. Instead of saying, that person that does x,y, & z . Ex: i went to the doctor & got some meds.
