On our mind salience, context, and figurative language
How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories have only partially accounted for the variety of comprehension evoked in metaphor, irony and jokes. The author presents a comprehensive theory to explain figurative language comprehension
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2003, 2003
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories have only partially accounted for the variety of comprehension evoked in metaphor, irony and jokes. The author presents a comprehensive theory to explain figurative language comprehension |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 259 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199846993 0199846995 |