LessonsAl-Sakkaki on Derivative Metaphor, Implicit Metaphor, and the Role of Imaginative CluesQuiz

واختار السكاكي رد الاستعارة التبعية
Al-Sakkaki chose to reduce derivative metaphor to another figurative construction.

Derivative metaphor covers figurative employment of verbs, particles, and derivative forms. In al-Sakkaki’s particular analysis, many such cases are explained within implicit metaphor; the expression traditionally called a derivative metaphor functions as a clue to the implicit comparison.

This is not merely a convenient renaming. It reflects a theoretical choice about whether the decisive metaphorical act belongs to a changed word or to an unstated comparison accompanied by its clue.

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Al-Sakkaki’s proposed reduction of derivative metaphor

Al-Sakkaki on Derivative Metaphor, Implicit Metaphor, and the Role of Imaginative Clues

واختار السكاكي رد الاستعارة التبعية
Al-Sakkaki chose to reduce derivative metaphor to another figurative construction.

Derivative metaphor covers figurative employment of verbs, particles, and derivative forms. In al-Sakkaki’s particular analysis, many such cases are explained within implicit metaphor; the expression traditionally called a derivative metaphor functions as a clue to the implicit comparison.

This is not merely a convenient renaming. It reflects a theoretical choice about whether the decisive metaphorical act belongs to a changed word or to an unstated comparison accompanied by its clue.