Metaphorical Meaning In Davidson's Study

There are different schools of thought on the meaning of metaphor during the development of the metaphor study. In this essay, there will be three different kinds of views on the meaning of metaphor introduced from different dimension so as to highlight the significance of the views given by Davidson, an outstanding philosopher.Davidson put forward his unique point of view, which is different from the relevant theory to be the rage at that time, on the basis of emphasizing understanding of words. Therefore, he opened up a new research perspective in the study of metaphorical meaning. In the meaning and truth, meaning and interpretation, this paper analysizes the content of theory given by Davison. That is to say, the meaning of metaphor is different from the similarities of object, from the semantic ambiguity, and so forth. He pointed out that metaphorical meaning is the words literal meaning, rather than the meaning which is given by interaction or other things so that there is no need, or impossible to explain beyond the word itself. Interpreting metaphorical meaning belongs to the pragmatic field.It is something given by explaining words using imagination and creation. Metaphor is totally dependent on the ordinary meaning of those words, which depends entirely on the words formed by the ordinary meaning of the statement. Metaphors point to the attention of the things discussed in any language can be explained based on the meaning of the metaphor can be, and indeed through the recourse to the literal meaning of words. This paper also put up enlightenments given by Davidson's theory in understanding the meaning of metaphor on the using the words.