Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Problematic Meaning in Language (Post 17)

When you consider how language is used in practice, things start to get complicated. We often use language, in all kinds of non-literal ways. As the poet Robert Frost observed, we rarely say exactly what we mean, for "we like to talk in parables and in hints and indirections"
View the MSNBC news clip below. Identify one metaphor used by the analysis and describe its real meaning.

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