The Metaphoric Foundation of Literal Language: Towards a Theory of the Reification and Meaning of Psychological Constructs

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-372

  Barclay, Michael W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

constructs; language; literalism; metaphor; psycholinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031503570     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354397073004     Document Type: Article

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