Walking the Walk While Thinking About the Talk: Embodied Interpretation of Metaphorical Narratives

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-378

  Gibbs Jr , Raymond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual metaphor; Embodiment; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LITERATURE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALKING;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; METAPHOR; WALKING;

EID: 84879175188     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-012-9222-6     Document Type: Article

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