{"product_id":"mixed-metaphors-karen-sullivan-9781350066045","title":"Mixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse","description":"Critics shudder at mixed metaphors like 'that wet blanket is a loose cannon', but admire 'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player', and all the metaphors packed into Macbeth's 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' speech. How is it that metaphors are sometimes mixed so badly and other times put together so well?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse\u003c\/i\u003e, Karen Sullivan employs findings from linguistics and cognitive science to explore how metaphors are combined and why they sometimes mix. Once we understand the ways that metaphoric ideas are put together, we can appreciate why metaphor combinations have such a wide range of effects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMixed Metaphors: Their Use and Abuse\u003c\/i\u003e includes analyses of over a hundred metaphors from politicians, sportspeople, writers and other public figures, and identifies the characteristics that make these metaphors annoying, amusing or astounding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350066044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350066045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Karen Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425195933951,"sku":"9781350066045","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_55ef6494-9eb8-451b-87fd-52db63a550ad.jpg?v=1761537669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mixed-metaphors-karen-sullivan-9781350066045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}