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2008 · New Orleans

Theories of Metaphor: Aristotle, Burke, Pragmatics

Session D.17

Area: Theory · family: Theory and research methods

RoleName as printedAffiliation as printedPaper
Chair George Diamond Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA → Moravian University
Speakers Ethan Sproat Brigham Young University, Provo, UT → Brigham Young University Irony and Ideation: Rethinking Critical Thinking Dramatistically
Speakers Joseph Wofford Meredith College, Raleigh, NC → Meredith College Metaphor as Propagation of Reality and Meaning: A Pragmatic Account
Speakers Rosemary Winslow Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. → Catholic University of America Metaphor in the Architecture of Prose: What Textbooks and Writers Have to Say

Source

NCTE's program, near page 128 of the file. Names link to a person page only for people listed at two or more conventions.

Cite as: Conference on College Composition and Communication. “Theories of Metaphor: Aristotle, Burke, Pragmatics.” 2008 Convention Program, New Orleans, session D.17. Via CCCC Program Reader, November 2, 2026.