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Producing Figurative Expression: Theoretical, experimental and practical perspectives
Edited by John Barnden and Andrew Gargett
[Figurative Thought and Language 10] 2020
► pp. 1–34

Introduction

 | University of Birmingham
 | Open University
Article outline
  • 1.Motivation for the volume
  • 2. The chapters
    • 2.1Section 1: General empirical studies, with main focus on metaphor
    • 2.2Section 2: General empirical studies – other
    • 2.3Section 3: Empirical and analytical studies aimed at specific applications
    • 2.4Section 4: Other theoretical analysis and cognitive or computational modelling
  • 3.Figurative production in areas not covered by this volume
    • 3.1Other areas of psychology
    • 3.2Psychotherapy
    • 3.3Neurophysiology
    • 3.4Metaphor usage across languages
    • 3.5Metaphor and translation
    • 3.6Across modalities
    • 3.7 Other
  • 4.Final remarks: Demarcation of production and understanding
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 17 December 2020
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