'Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter': Synaesthetic metaphors and cognition

Language and Literature

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-121

  Shen, Yeshayahu ^a   Aisenman, Ravid ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive metaphor; Directionality; Figurative language; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749140239     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947007088222     Document Type: Article

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