Conventional metaphors & attribution of beliefs

Authors

  • Paulo A. G. de Souza Ecole Polythecnique de France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v5i5-6p63-82

Keywords:

Interpretation, Metaphor, Beliefs, Cognition

Abstract

The article deals with a particular methodological problem: the interpretation of assertions containing conventional metaphors. Inspired by cognitive science, the aim is furnishing some conceptual distinctions in a way of making more efficient interpretative exercise of the attribution of beliefs intrinsic to ethnographic work.


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Author Biography

  • Paulo A. G. de Souza, Ecole Polythecnique de France
    Mestre em antropologia/UnB, Doutorando na Ecole Polythecnique de France

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Published

1996-03-30

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 5-6 (1996)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

Souza, P. A. G. de. (1996). Conventional metaphors & attribution of beliefs. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 5(5-6), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v5i5-6p63-82