Models of Figurative Language - A Special Double Issue of Metaphor and Symbol

This special double issue of "Metaphor and Symbol" focuses on models of figurative language. The contributors address: salience and context effects; moment-by-moment reading of proverbs in literal and nonliteral contexts; convention, form and figurative language processing; and more.

List of contents

Volume 16, Numbers 3&4, 2001Contents: R. Giora, Foreword. S. Frisson, M. Pickering, Obtaining a Figurative Interpretation of a Word: Support for Underspecifications. O. Peleg, R. Giora, O. Fein, Salience and Context Effects: Two Are Better Than One. A.N. Katz, T.R. Ferretti, Moment-by-Moment Reading of Proverbs in Literal and Nonliteral Contexts. D. Gentner, B.F. Bowdle, Convention, Form, and Figurative Language Processing. D.L. Chiappe, J.M. Kennedy, Literal Bases for Metaphor and Simile. S. Glucksberg, M.R. Newsome, Y. Goldvarg, Inhibition of the Literal: Filtering Metaphor Irrelevant Information During Metaphor Comprehension. S. Coulson, T. Matlcok, Metaphor and the Space Structuring Model. R.W. Gibbs, Jr., Evaluating Contemporary Models of Figurative Language Comprehension.

About the author

Rachel Giora (Edited by)

Summary

First Published in 2001. Volume 16, Numbers 3&4, 2001

Product details

• Assisted by: Rachel Giora (Editor), Giora Rachel (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780805897098
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-9709-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 272 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc