3. Types of metaphors and identificational slips in economic discourse

Abstract

The employment of metaphors, originating from either inter- or intra-discipline borrowing, can be fruitful if one specifies correctly the type of resemblance which the metaphor is intended to reveal. After a discussion of the role of metaphors, the chapter identifies four types: the nominal, heterologous, homologous, and unificational. An ‘identificational slip’ is committed when the employed metaphor is intended to reveal one type of resemblance which evidence does not support.

Citation

Khalil, E.L. (2000), "3. Types of metaphors and identificational slips in economic discourse", A Research Annual (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 18 Part 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 83-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-4154(00)18023-X