Conduit metaphor
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Conduit metaphor
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In linguistics, the conduit metaphor is a dominant class of figurative expressions used when discussing communication itself (metalanguage). It operates whenever people speak or write as if they "insert" their mental contents into "containers" whose contents are then "extracted" by listeners and readers. Thus, language is viewed as a "conduit" conveying mental content between people. The conduit metaphor was first defined and described by linguist Michael J. Reddy in 1979. Reddy's proposal of th
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Class of figurative expressions used when discussing communication
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2023-08-22T14:37:09Z
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