Understanding Figurative Language
From Metaphor to Idioms
Sam Glucksberg
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- ISBN:
- 9780195111095
- Published:
- 1 Jan 2001
- Availability:
- Print on demand
- Series:
- Oxford Psychology Series
This book presents the first comprehensive account of how people use and understand metaphors in everyday life. The author puts forward a new theory of metaphor comprehension and evaluates it with respect to competing theories in linguistics and psychology.
Preface
1: Metaphor, the Central Trope
2: Beyond the Literal
3: Beyond Similarity
4: Property Attribution
5: Idioms: from Metaphor to Idiom and Back
6: Matthew S. McGlone: Concepts as Metaphors
References
Index
Sam Glucksberg , Professor of Psychology, Princeton University, United States
"A leader in the field of psycholinguistics, Glucksberg (psychology, Princeton Univ.) examines how people process and comprehend figurative language like metaphors and idioms....Suitable for graduate students and above, this book will interest cognitive scientists, psycholinguists, philosophers of language, and others working in the field of language."--CHOICE
"A leader in the field of psycholinguistics, Glucksberg (psychology, Princeton Univ.) examines how people process and comprehend figurative language like metaphors and idioms....Suitable for graduate students and above, this book will interest cognitive scientists, psycholinguists, philosophers of language, and others working in the field of language."--CHOICE