Does understanding negation entail affirmation?. An examination of negated metaphors

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1015-1032

  Hasson, Uri ^a   Glucksberg, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterfactual; Lexical decision; Mental models; Metaphor; Negation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646347183     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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