 | John Beck - 1978 - 582 sider
...metaphorical usages may involve a high level of abstraction. A metaphor is, according to Webster, the 4use of a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea in place of another by way of suggesting a likeness or analogy between them.' As examples Webster gives... | |
 | William Lee Holladay - 1995 - 368 sider
...that bears directly on God-language. The dictionary definition of "metaphor" is "A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)."11'... | |
 | Ronald Simons - 1996 - 287 sider
...second edition of Merriam Webster's unabridged dictionary, "metaphor" is defined as follows: Use of a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea, in place of another, by way of suggesting a likeness or analogy between them (the ship ploughs the... | |
 | Robert Desjarlais - 1997 - 324 sider
...relations, that characterized much of his speech. By definition, a metaphor is "a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or domain is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them."4 The less obvious... | |
 | Jeffrey K Zeig, W Michael Munion - 1999 - 164 sider
...technique for each patient (Mead, 1976). Metaphor Webster defines metaphor as, 'A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them.' It follows, then, that a therapeutic... | |
 | James Beebe - 2001 - 232 sider
...should be dated and, for a RAP, their author should be identified. Metaphor - A figure of speech in which a word or phrase, literally denoting one kind of object or idea, is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them. PRA (see Participatory appraisal).... | |
 | Robert Laurini - 2002 - 368 sider
...conception. 7.L5 Metaphors According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a metaphor is 'a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)'.... | |
 | Leann Nickelsen - 2001 - 68 sider
...Students love to hear your personal anecdotes. Metaphors Definition: Metaphors are figures of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness. The comparisons are made without using the word like... | |
 | Mary Katherine Birge - 2002 - 254 sider
...of metaphor. The modern definition opens up the density of Aristotle's prose, "a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them" (Merriam Webster's Collegiate... | |
 | Ken Baake - 2003 - 264 sider
...entry on metaphor from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines it to be "a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them" (722). What confounded the... | |
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Webster, is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like a rose). A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of... 
