Figurative Language and Thought (Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language)

by Mark Turner (Author), Cristina Cacciari (Author), Mark Turner (Author), Cristina Cacciari (Author), Mark Turner (Author), Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. (Author), Albert N. Katz (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1998

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  Our understanding of the nature and processing of figurative language is central to several important issues in cognitive science, including the relationship of language and thought, how we process language, and how we comprehend abstract meaning. Points on these and related questions are raised and argued by internationally recognized experts in the area of figurative language.