Presupposition and Metaphor
February 9, 2007 |
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Discourses of gender provide a set of background of
assumptions against which people produce and interpret talk. These
assumptions, however, are not static, but are themselves constructed
through talk. This class will focus on the workings of gendered presupposition
and implicature, and go on to discuss metaphor, which can be
a powerful resource in the reproduction of ideology. From sports
metaphors in politics to sexual metaphors in business, gender is
often at the center of our culture's metaphorical resources.
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