Deconstruction and Figurative Language: An analysis of the way language works

 

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Autor: Araya Araya, Karla
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