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Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphor to Idioms - Oxford Psychology Series Glucksberg, Sam (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University, USA)
Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphor to Idioms - Oxford Psychology Series
Glucksberg, Sam (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Princeton University, USA)
This text examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively. Glucksberg argues that figurative language involves the same kinds of linguistic and pragmatic operations that are used for ordinary, literal language.
144 pages, 4 figures
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 16, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195111095 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 144 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 241 × 17 mm · 363 g |
| Language | English |