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Gardner, Howard and Ellen Winner. 1978. The development of metaphoric competence: Implications for humanistic disciplines. Studies in Language 5 : 123–141. 19 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
brain functions | development of metaphorical competence | humanistic disciplines | literary studies | literary theory | localization of brain functions | metaphorical competence | neuropsychology

Abstract

A prescient and engaging attempt to bring neuropsychological findings and speculation (specifically on the localization of certain linguistic functions in the brain and the developmental conditions of their emergence) into dialogue with the concerns of rhetoric and literary theory. (Margaret Freeman)