Interpreting Figurative Meaning

by Herbert L. Colston and Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.

Book Overview

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated with interpreting figurative language. There is now a huge, often contradictory literature on how people understand figures of speech. Gibbs and Colston argue that there may not be a single theory or model that adequately explains both the processes and products of figurative meaning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107607272
• ISBN13: 9781107607279
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"