On the continuity and range of certain figures of speech
Keywords:
metaphor, figures of speech, nonlogical inference, context dependency, autismAbstract
In this paper I argue that all metaphors may not be classifiable in the same manner, regardless of whether one takes a Gricean or a “direct” view of metaphor. In other words, it might be that some metaphors are continuous with such phenomena as hyperbole and approximation, whereas others may be of a distinct interpretive type, specifically one that requires a nonlogical inference within a given context. In any case, since metaphor is always not merely context dependent, but shared-context dependent, knowledge or modeling of another mind is requisite, and if this is the case not surprisingly autists, even if they can adequately handle ordinary literal speech, will not be able to adequately comprehend metaphorical language.
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