When metaphors go literally beyond their territories: The impact of age on figurative language

Italian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-60

  Mejía Constaín, Beatriz ^a,b   Monchi, Oury ^a,b   Walter, Nathalie ^a,b   Arsenault, Marianne ^a,b   Senhadji, Noureddine ^b   Joanette, Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Conventional metaphors; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Functional reorganization; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856577256     PISSN: 11202726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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