Vernacular Discourse updates its definition of Metaphor

The popular dictionary website, Vernacular Discourse, updates its definition of Metaphor to include Kenneth Burke.

Kenneth Burke is officially a definition of the word, "Metaphor." On January 26, the popular definition website, "Vernacular Discourse," updated it's definition of the word "metaphor," to include a quote from Kenneth Burke.

When the page gets to explaining how metaphors "conceptualize and simplify," Kenneth Burke is inserted to better understand how and why metaphors are used.

Kenneth Burke is stated,"It is precisely through metaphor that our perspectives, or analogical extensions, are made - a world without metaphor would be a world without purpose."

The updated definition, as well as the "Vernacular Discourse" website, can be found here.