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McGlone, Matthew S. 2007. What is the explanatory value of a conceptual metaphor? Language & Communication 27 (2) : 109–126.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conceptualization | explanation | figurative speech | language, comprehension of | metaphor

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

This paper critically assesses the value of the conceptual metaphor framework as an explanation of conceptual structure or a model of figurative language comprehension.