Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleLiterally Speaking, or, the Literal Sense from Augustine to Lacan.AuthorsCummings, BrianAbstractPonders on the distinction between the phrases 'speaking literally,' and `literally, speaking.' Explanation of literal sense; Invitation of disaster by promising to speak literally; Literal sense by way of metaphor.SubjectsSEMANTICS; DEFINITION (Logic); METAPHORPublicationParagraph, 1998, Vol 21, Issue 2, p200ISSN0264-8334Publication typeArticleDOI10.3366/para.1998.21.2.200