| The Social Use of Metaphor Reprint 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Sapir, J. David (Editor), Crocker, J. Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812277252 ISBN-13: 9780812277258 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1977 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 301.21 |
| LCCN: 76053200 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.20 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world. |