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Jan 1, 1994 · Results: (1) Non-native readers process metaphors significantly slower than they do non-metaphorical expressions (a three-stage model of metaphor processing in L2).
In the current climate, it is taken for granted that metaphor is important and ubiquitous in language. Metaphor is no longer discussed as a 'violation'of normal verbal meaning (eg, Levin, 1977), but rather as one form of normal verbal meaning. But of course if metaphor were all that 'normal', it would not stimulate the interest that it does.
- Lubna A . Sherif
Request full-text PDF. To read the full-text of this research, you can request a copy directly from the author. ... There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor ...
ity of metaphor, describing key findings and controver-sies while underscoring recent experimental and theoretical advances. We begin with a brief introduc-tion to metaphor and offer a critical assessment of the claim that conventional metaphors in language reflect underlying conceptual representations and
You may or may not agree with this statement, but chances are you had no problem understanding it. How did you arrive at that under standing? In figurative language, the intended meaning does not co incide with the literal meanings of the words and sentences that are used. Because literal and figurative meanings do not coincide, figura
Aug 16, 2001 · The book presents an alternative view, arguing that figurative language makes use of the same kinds of linguistic and pragmatic operations that are used for literal language. A new theory of metaphor comprehension integrates linguistic, philosophical, and psychological perspectives to account for figurative language use.
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He is author of The Poetics of the Mind: Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding; Intentions in the Experience of Meaning; and Embodiment and Cognitive Science. He is co-editor of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics and of Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader and is editor of the journal Metaphor and Symbol.
