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Publication details [#56479]

Giora, Rachel, Oshrat Gazal and Idit Goldstein. 2012. Salience and Context: Interpretation of Metaphorical and Literal Language by Young Adults Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. Metaphor and Symbol 27 (1) : 22–54.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | language pathology | literal meaning, comprehension of | metaphor, comprehension of | saliency

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This comparative study shows that young adults, diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, are sensitive to context and salience degree, and not biased towards the literal.