It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking by Cornelia Müller
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Traditional thinking on metaphors has divided them into two camps: dead and alive. Conventional expressions from everyday language are classified as dead, while much rarer novel or poetic metaphors are alive. In the 1980s, new theories on the cognitive processes involved with the use of metaphor challenged these assumptions, but with little empirical support. Drawing on the latest research in linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, and psychology, Cornelia Müller here unveils a new approach that refutes the rigid dead/alive dichotomy, offering in its place a more dynamic model: sleeping and...
Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking by Cornelia Müller is 290 pages long, and a total of 72,500 words.
This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 36 minutes to read Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking aloud.
Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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