Comprehending spoken metaphoric reference: A real-time analysis

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-44

  Stewart, Mark T ^a   Heredia, Roberte R ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross modal lexical priming; Figurative language; Metaphor; Metaphor comprehension; Reference metaphor; Spoken language comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036365409     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.49.1.34     Document Type: Article

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