Cognitive effort and effects in metaphor comprehension: Relevance theory and psycholinguistics

Mind and Language

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-403

  Gibbs Jr , Raymond W ^a   Tendahl, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 33744756963     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2006.00283.x     Document Type: Review

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