Publications

Publication details [#48524]

Lai, Huei-ling. 2008. Understanding and classifying two-part allegorical sayings: Metonymy, metaphor, and cultural constraints. Journal of Pragmatics 40 (4) : 454–474.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

allegory | culture | metaphor | metonymy | taxonomy

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This study aims to construe an apt taxonomic framework for categorizing two-part allegorical sayings and to account for the knowledge schemas involved in this successful construal.