<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Following up on the previous special issue of Psychology of Language and Communication, devoted to irony, the current one concerns metaphors - another major form of non-literal language. The authors of the presented papers examine metaphor use and understanding in a wide variety of contexts, both in adult and child, as well as normal and abnormal populations. The result is a comprehensive survey of the current state of research, which opens further avenues of potentially fruitful inquiry. </p></abstract>

Following up on the previous special issue of Psychology of Language and Communication, devoted to irony, the current one concerns metaphors - another major form of non-literal language. The authors of the presented papers examine metaphor use and understanding in a wide variety of contexts, both in adult and child, as well as normal and abnormal populations. The result is a comprehensive survey of the current state of research, which opens further avenues of potentially fruitful inquiry.

Editorial Remarks: Beyond Literal Meaning. Metaphors

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Following up on the previous special issue of Psychology of Language and Communication, devoted to irony, the current one concerns metaphors - another major...

Editorial Remarks: Beyond Literal Meaning. Metaphors

Data publikacji: 22 gru 2017

Zakres stron: 380 - 385

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2017-0018

Słowa kluczowe
psycholinguistics, nonliteral language, metaphor, metaphor processing, metaphor comprehension

© by Piotr Kałowski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

Editorial Remarks: Beyond Literal Meaning. Metaphors

Data publikacji: 22 gru 2017

Zakres stron: 380 - 385

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/plc-2017-0018

Słowa kluczowepsycholinguistics, nonliteral language, metaphor, metaphor processing, metaphor comprehension

© by Piotr Kałowski

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
psycholinguistics, nonliteral language, metaphor, metaphor processing, metaphor comprehension