Substitution theory

This article describes a metaphor theory in rhetoric. For theological theory, see Substitution Theology .

Substitution theory is a metaphor theory in which metaphorization is understood to mean the “replacement” of a single word (a noun , adjective or verb ) by another word.

In appropriate - usually on the influential rhetoric teaching Heinrich Lausbergs attributable - metaphor theories is metaphor as a linguistic phenomenon on word level construed, as an exceptional figure in rhetorical and poetic language. In doing so, one usually refers to Aristotle ( rhetoric , poetics ), who also warns against the use of metaphors in non-persuasive (especially in scientific) texts ("Topik" 139b – 140a, 158b).

literature

• Ekkehard Eggs: metaphor. In: Historical dictionary of rhetoric . Vol. 5: L – Musi. Edited by Gert Ueding . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2001, Sp. 1099-1183, in particular Sp. 1103, 1110, 1149 ff.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eggs: Metaphor. Sp. 1110 u. 1154.