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Figurative language comprehension : social and cultural influences /
This volume contains essays on subjects such as: the centrality of social and cultural factors in language; discourse and social-cultural factors in understanding non-literal language; social factors in the interpretations of verbal irony; and stereotype processing and non-literal language.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; 1 On Sociocultural and Nonliteral: A Synopsis and a Prophesy; 2 Making Sense of How We Make Sense: The Paradox of Egocentrism in Language Use; 3 Contextual Expressions and Common Ground; 4 Context and the Comprehension of Nonliteral Meanings; 5 Social and Cultural Influences on Figurative and Indirect Language; 6 Irony as Persuasive Communication; 7 Do Men and Women Differ in Their Use of Nonliteral Language When They Talk About Emotions?; 8 Discourse and Sociocultural Factors in Understanding Nonliteral Language.
- 9 Social Factors in the Interpretation of Verbal Irony: The Roles of Speaker and Listener Characteristics10 Explicit Negation as Positivity in Disguise; 11 Stereotype Processing and Nonliteral Language; 12 On Mosquitoes and Camels: Some Notes on the Interpretation of Metaphorically Transparent Popular Sayings; 13 Metaphors in Sign Language and Sign Language Users: A Window Into Relations of Language and Thought; Author Index; Subject Index.