Psychology and the Poetics of Growth: Figurative Language in Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Education

by Harold J. Fine, Jack M. Barlow, Howard R. Pollio

In this volume, originally published in 1977, the authors describe the relevance of figurative language for the psychology of language and present a methodological approach best described as naturalistic in orientation. The first section presents the idea of figurative language in terms of linguistic, aesthetic, and philosophical background. Also included is a description of empirical techniques used to assess figurative language and findings from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032593849
• ISBN13: 9781032593845
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages