Is metaphor special?

Brain and Language

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Giora, Rachel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INSULA; LANGUAGE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH; THALAMUS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HUMANS; METAPHOR; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33947594919     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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