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Publication details [#41358]

Gibbs, Raymond W. Jr. and Annette Nagaoka. 1985. Getting the hang of American slang: studies on understanding and remembering slang metaphors. Language and Speech 28 (2) : 177–195.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

metaphor | slang

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.catchword.com/titles/00238309.htm

Annotation

This paper explores the comprehension and memory for slang metaphors in America.