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Figurative language comprehension : social and cultural influences /

"Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties together recent research concerning the social and cultural influences on figurative language cognition. These influences include gender, cultural differences, economic status, and inter-gro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Colston, Herbert L., Katz, Albert N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On sociocultural and nonliteral : a synopsis and a prophesy / Herbert L. Colston
  • Making sense of how we make sense : the paradox of egocentrism in language use / Dale J. Barr and Boaz Keysar
  • Contextual expressions and common ground / Richard J. Gerrig and William S. Horton
  • Context and the comprehension of nonliteral meanings / Thomas Holtgraves
  • Social and cultural influences on figurative and indirect language / Herbert L. Colston
  • Irony as persuasive communication / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. and Christin D. Izett
  • Do men and women differ in their use of nonliteral language when they talk about emotions? / Kristen E. Link and Roger J. Kreuz
  • Discourse and sociocultural factors in understanding nonliteral language / Albert N. Katz
  • Social factors in the interpretation of verbal irony : the roles of speaker and listener characteristics / Penny M. Pexman
  • Explicit negation as positivity in disguise / Rachel Giora [and others]
  • Stereotype processing and nonliteral language / Tracie L. Blumentritt and Roberto R. Heredia
  • On mosquitoes and camels : some notes on the interpretation of metaphorically transparent popular sayings / Carmen Curco
  • Metaphors in sign language and sign language users : a window into relations of language and thought / Marc Marschark.