Towards a procedure for metaphor identification

Language and Literature

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-33

  Steen, Gerard ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Browning, Robert; Cognitive linguistics; Language behaviour; Linguistic metaphors; Metaphor identification; Metaphorical mappings; Propositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345706042     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096394700201100103     Document Type: Article

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