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Ortony, Andrew. 1980. Some psycholinguistic aspects of metaphor. In Honeck, Richard P. and Robert R. Hoffman, eds. Cognition and figurative language. L. Erlbaum. pp. 69–83.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

metaphor | metaphor, comprehension of

Annotation

A review of the 'standard' definition of metaphor, an attempt at an alternative definition that seems more in line with the facts, and a discussion of various issues concerning the comprehension of metaphors.