Talk:Metaphor
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[edit] Metaphor vs. metonymy, synecdoche, etc.
This section is really misleading and much worse than what was here years ago (the result of a long chain of edits I was involved in). To first distinguish metaphor from simile and then claim that "synecdoche and metonymy" are types of metaphor is deeply misleading. The footnote given for this sentence references the now *obsolete* definition of metaphor that basically means a metaphor is any figure of speech. There is a crucial difference between metonymy and metaphor: namely, that metonymy works only by association where metaphor works by transfering a *quality* between two previously unassociated things. In other words, metaphor links two previously unlinked domains (e.g. anatomy and astronomy in "your eyes are two suns") and metonymy reenforces an existing link (e.g. the president and the White House in "The white house said..."). I'm hesitant to simply reinstate the old versions since a lot of time has passed and surely some thought went into the changes, but I'm surprised to see there is no discussion here at all of the old changes.
If I ever get time, I'll look for some references and clean this up.
Tom (talk) 22:29, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Diaphoric and epiphoric metaphor
I would suggest adding a section that describes these kinds of metaphors as they have been commonly addressed in linguistic literature.Thompsma (talk) 20:18, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
