Metaphor

Punter, David

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“…This ‘promise of fullness’ helps to explain why certain imaginaries become compelling and, moreover, ‘acquire a sense of naturalness’ (2010: 153); they do so by pulling off the ‘trick’ of sustaining emptiness yet promising fullness (Glynos, 2001: 198). This account resonates with what Punter (2007: 142) identifies as the ‘uncanny combination of evanescence and permanence’ of metaphor. The ‘work’ that metaphor does in expressing complex ideas through mundane and routinely understood aspects of everyday life also holds promise.…”

Section: Metaphor In Social Sciencesupporting

confidence: 76%

Metaphor, Social Capital and Sociological Imaginaries

Devadason

2011

The Sociological Review

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This paper considers the conceptual value of social capital, given its contested empirical and theoretical purchase. It addresses how the use of the metaphor of capital to represent sociable and normative aspects of everyday life affects our sociological imaginations. The rhetorical force of metaphor inheres in its creative capacity to transform understanding and bring about enriched apprehension of the social world. Moreover, in social science writing it is considered invaluable to processes of knowledge transfer and engagement with different audiences, thereby enhancing the impact of social research. Yet its capacity to inspire the imagination underpins both its usefulness and its limitations. Using a empirical example, this paper illustrates how metaphor can curtail as well as enrich understanding in research. I begin by examining how metaphor 'works' in acts of communication, in general, before addressing -secondly -how social capital is applied analytically to the specific empirical field of ethnic social ties. This example illustrates how certain avenues of enquiry are effectively 'closed down' by accentuating the salience of social ties to the relative neglect of the political opportunities, institutions and resources within which they are situated. The third part of the paper considers what the metaphor of social capital achieves and precludes in our sociological imaginations.

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Section: Metaphor In Social Sciencesupporting

confidence: 76%

Metaphor, Social Capital and Sociological Imaginaries

Devadason

2011

The Sociological Review

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“…Metaphor is an integral part of language, specifically through the ways in which the sense of one concept or object is transferred to another (Punter, 2007). Metaphor has traditionally been described as a form of poetic language, in which words go beyond their ordinary meaning, by employing mechanisms outside of conventional or otherwise everyday language.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

El engañolyel cuco: metaphors in the nexus between language and status in Puerto Rico

Shenk

2015

Language and Intercultural Communication

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The year leading up to the 2012 plebiscite on Puerto Rico's political status coincided with the proposal of a project to 'guarantee' bilingualism through English instruction in the schools. The intimate nexus between the Island's political status and issues of language was highlighted during that time not only in the news media on the Island but also in the US presidential campaign speeches during which candidates divulged their perspectives. This paper analyzes metaphors on language in Puerto Rico, including, among others, those based on el engañol or el cuco, particularly where these appeared in connection with the plebiscite on status, focusing on news articles and opinion columns published between December 2011 and April 2013, from the time the plebiscite was announced through the follow-up coverage several months after it was held. The paper concludes that the debates on language as related to status in Puerto Rico maintain some well-known metaphors, but that other, third-way metaphorical expressions are also being used to clarify and give shape to the controversy.El año previo al plebiscito del 2012 sobre el status político de Puerto Rico coincidía con la propuesta de un proyecto para 'garantizar' el bilingüismo por medio de la enseñanza en inglés en las escuelas. El nexo íntimo entre el status y la cuestión del idioma se recalcó no sólo en la prensa isleña sino también en los discursos de las campañas presidenciales estadounidenses durante los cuales los candidatos divulgaron sus perspectivas respecto al asunto. Este trabajo analiza las metáforas publicadas en la prensa en cuanto al idioma en Puerto Rico, que incluyen, entre otras, las que se basan en el engañol o el cuco, particularmente donde aparecieron en conexión con el plebiscito, con un enfoque en las noticias y opiniones publicadas entre diciembre de 2011 y abril de 2013, desde el anuncio del plebiscito hasta la cobertura del tema unos meses después de que se llevó a cabo el mismo. El trabajo concluye que la polémica se aferra a algunas metáforas ya conocidas, pero que se emplean también otras expresiones metafóricas con la intención de aclarar y dar forma al debate.

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“…I'll tell you. When he dies -and that should not be long; even the Lion has to die sometime -well, when he does, it means that you will have the honour of being the senior wife of the new Bale (20). She is a centre of stability in the dynastic succession and ensures that the desiccation and emptiness associated with Lakunle is kept at bay.…”

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Dying and Restoration in Oscar Wild’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Wole Soyinka’s The Lion And The Jewel

Nicholas¹

2013

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Metaphor

Cited by 47 publications

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Metaphor, Social Capital and Sociological Imaginaries

Metaphor, Social Capital and Sociological Imaginaries

El engañolyel cuco: metaphors in the nexus between language and status in Puerto Rico

Dying and Restoration in Oscar Wild’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Wole Soyinka’s The Lion And The Jewel

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