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Publication details [#32632]

Chiappe, Dan, John M. Kennedy and Tim Smykowski. 2003. Reversibility, Aptness, and the Conventionality of Metaphors and Similes. Metaphor and Symbol 18 (2) : 85–105.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

categorization | comparison1 | metaphor | simile

Place, Publisher

Erlbaum

ISBN

1092-6488

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This study argues that metaphors and similes are distinct statements, and that metaphors function more like categorization statements whilst similes function more like comparison statements.