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Visual Metaphor: Structure and process
Edited by Gerard J. Steen
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 18] 2018
► pp. 147–162

Chapter 6
How visual form affects metaphoric conceptualization

The role of shape similarity

Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2Formal differences between verbal and visual metaphor
  • 6.3Juxtaposition as a visual syntactic template
  • 6.4Shape Similarity
  • 6.5Study 1
    • 6.5.1Experiment 1
    • 6.5.2Experiment 2
  • 6.6Study 2
  • 6.7Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 6 December 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.18.06van
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