Deconstruction and Figurative Language: An analysis of the way language works
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2008 |
| Descripción: | Far from discussing whether deconstruction is obscure, dogmatic or a problematic approach, the aim of this article is to demonstrate that the use of figurative language constitutes a clear example of the deconstructive processes undertaken in the processes of meaning-making. When people try to express and share their ideas and feelings about their world, language acquires more meanings than the literal ones. Firstly, a brief historical background on the development and interests of linguistics is provided to evidence the structural view upon which studies and conceptions about language have been based on. Also, a theoretical juxtaposition between structuralism and deconstruction is developed in order to establish the impact they have in the way language works through the use of figurative language. Then, an analysis –in terms of deconstruction- of some of the most common literary figures (metaphor, simile, personification, paradox, hyperbole, metonymy, synecdoche, allegory and idiom) is provided. Finally, it is concluded that using figurative language represents an act of deconstructing conventional meaning. Literal meaning is destroyed to generate different significations to words and to the world. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/514 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.tec.cr/sitios/Docencia/ciencias_lenguaje/revista_comunicacion/indexprincipal.htm https://hdl.handle.net/10669/514 |
| Palabra clave: | Figurative language Literary figures Linguistics Deconstruction Structuralism Deconstrucción Estructuralismo Figuras literarias Lenguaje figurativo Lingüística |