Understanding Metaphor in Literature: An Empirical ApproachIt is the aim of this study to present aspects of an empirical theory of metaphor in literary reception and to show how evidence can be collected from readers' processing of metaphor in literary texts, in order to evaluate how that processing relates to the function of metaphor in literature. |
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analysis analysis of variance attention to metaphors Chapter clarity cognitive cognitive linguistics cognitive turn comparison comprehension conceptual metaphor context condition context construction conventional metaphors d.f. MS F decoding degree of metaphoricity dimensions discussed domain domain of discourse experience explained explicit identification explicit metaphor identification factor fictionality focus processing function George Lakoff Gerrig Gibbs Glucksberg interaction interpretation journalistic metaphors journalistic reading journalistic text Lakoff and Johnson Lakoff and Turner linguistic metaphor literal meaning literary and journalistic literary discourse literary metaphors literary reading literary reception literary socialization literary text low-metaphorical meta metaphor in literature metaphor processing metaphor properties metaphors in literary non-literal analogy number of words Ortony phors polysemy polyvalence question readers reading condition reading process refunctionalization relation between metaphor result role scales semantic sentence structure text processing textual theory thinking out loud tion type of discourse typically journalistic typically literary understanding metaphor variation SS d.f. vehicle construction verbal