How to interpret the music of caressing: Target and source assignment in synaesthetic genitive constructions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-371

  Shen, Yeshayahu ^a   Gadir, Osnat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognivite metaphor; Directionality; Figurative language; Genitive construction; Synaethetic metaphor; Target and source assignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249110599     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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