The Poetics of Mind: Figurative Thought, Language, and Understanding
Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 26 August 1994
Raymond W. Gibbs
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1. Introduction and Overview 2. Thinking and Speaking Literally 3. Figurative Language Understanding: A Special Process? 4. Metaphor in Language and Thought 5. Understanding Metaphorical Expressions 6. Idiomaticity 7. Metonymy 8. Irony 9. The Poetic Minds of Children 10. Implications and Future Directions.
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Psychology