Principles of metaphor interpretation and the notion of 'domain': A proposal for a hybrid model

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1631-1653

  Shen, Yeshayahu ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Category; Connectivity; Diagnosticity; Metaphor; Metaphor comprehension; Schema

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033517665     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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