Sam Glucksberg, "Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphor to Idioms"
O..rd U..ty Press, USA | 2001 | ISBN: 0195111095 | 144 pages | PDF | 1 MB
This book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively. Traditionally, figurative language such as metaphors and idioms has been considered derivative from more complex than ostensibly straightforward literal language. Glucksberg argues that figurative language involves the same kinds of linguistic and pragmatic operations that are used for ordinary, literal language.
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