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Main Author: Maley, Amos
Format: Recurso digital
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Published: Zenodo 2026
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18522501
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  • <p>This paper draws a sharp structural distinction between admissible and illicit metaphors within a standing-conserving descriptive regime. It shows that metaphors are admissible only when the constraint structure they induce preserves role typing, scope, and standing; metaphors that introduce hidden dynamics, ontic surplus, or unauthorized scope transport are shown by exhaustion to be illegitimate. The analysis is eliminative rather than prescriptive: it does not recommend metaphor usage but records the necessary conditions under which metaphor does not collapse admissibility. The treatment is declarative and non-procedural, placing on record the boundary at which metaphor ceases to be a legitimate representational device.</p>