LessonsImaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-SakkakiQuiz

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Attributing one thing to another.

Some imagined figures are analyzed not primarily as using one word for another meaning, but as ascribing a feature to a subject that does not possess it literally.

The claws of death and the hand of the north wind can be examined from this angle. Counting the words without investigating predication would erase the distinction between verbal transfer and imaginative attribution.

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Verbal transfer versus attributing a thing to a thing

Imaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-Sakkaki

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Attributing one thing to another.

Some imagined figures are analyzed not primarily as using one word for another meaning, but as ascribing a feature to a subject that does not possess it literally.

The claws of death and the hand of the north wind can be examined from this angle. Counting the words without investigating predication would erase the distinction between verbal transfer and imaginative attribution.