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Publication details [#64775]

Johansson Falck, Marlene. 2018. From ecological cognition to language: When and why do speakers use words metaphorically? Metaphor and Symbol 33 (2) : 61–84.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ecology | language | metaphor | speaker | word

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Little is known about the modes in which speakers’ grasps of objects in the world around them affect how they employ words in metaphorical and non-metaphorical ways. The inquiry displays that metaphorical and non-metaphorical word uses are systematically related to distinct real world experience kinds.