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Discuss and illustrate the view that metaphors influence thought and action
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Discuss and illustrate the view that metaphors influence thought and action Metaphors are omnipresent in language, the title of this essay, for example, contains a metaphor, but for the sake of accuracy, let us define exactly what a metaphor is. According to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 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". In other words, metaphor is a linguistic tool used in order to describe an object or concept by using an alternative and often very different word. For example, the title of this essay asks that the author, "illustrate the view", the author is not expected to draw a picture, but instead must expound and explain "the view". Linguists, meanwhile, find that metaphors not only act as a stumbling block in theories...
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