Jakobson, method, and metaphor: a Wittgensteinian critique.
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Date: 12/22/2003
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Author: Raval, Suresh
In his well-known essay on aphasia and language, Roman Jakobson claims that metaphoric and metonymic processes are fundamentally constitutive of all verbal activity and indeed of human behavior in general. Characterizing metaphor and metonymy as the defining poles of language, Jakobson argues that all linguistic expression lies between these polar extremes. He substantiates this claim by an analysis of aphasia and its relation to literature. My essay attempts a Wittgensteinian critique of ...
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