Metaphors are embodied, and so are their literal counterparts

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Santana, Eduardo ^a   de Vega, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Action related language; Embodied cognition; Language comprehension; Negative valence; Orientational metaphors; Positive valence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863496262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00090     Document Type: Article

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