Roosters, robins, and alarm clocks: Aptness and conventionality in metaphor comprehension

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-32

  Jones, Lara L ^a   Estes, Zachary ^b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aptness; Career of metaphor; Conventionality; Metaphor comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646813990     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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