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
"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
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