"A fighter is a lion" Neuropsychological indexes in comprehending frozen metaphors

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3246-3257

  Balconi, Michela ^a   Amenta, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Figurative language; Metaphor; Response time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957105573     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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