viii, 196 pages ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186) and index 1. Connections between language and life -- 2. The life of language -- 3. The interdigitation of fields -- 4. The oppositional metaphor -- 5. The maturation of knowledge -- 6. The relationship between digital and analogic styles -- 7. Detachment and participation -- 8. The awareness of metaphoric projections -- 9. The metaphoric function -- 10. Vicissitudes of self-formation