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Publication details [#23297]

Vicente, Begoña. 1992. Metaphor, meaning, and comprehension. Pragmatics 2 (1) : 49–62.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

metaphor

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

A theoretical discussion of the referential function of metaphors. The author advocates a position which views metaphors as subject to the same pragmatic conditions for the assignment of meaning, as nonmetaphorical utterances.