Includes bibliographical references and index Interpreting Figurative Meaning explores interdisciplinary debates on the ways in which humans comprehend figurative language in everyday life
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Includes bibliographical references and index Interpreting Figurative Meaning explores interdisciplinary debates on the ways in which humans comprehend figurative language in everyday life
Cover; INTERPRETING FIGURATIVE MEANING; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; 1: Introduction; 2: Identifying Figurative Language; THE UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM OF LITERAL MEANING; LITERAL AND METAPHORIC MEANINGS: A CASE STUDY OF POLYSEMY; THE VARIETIES OF FIGURATIVE MEANING; CONCLUSION; 3: Models of Figurative Language Comprehension; STANDARD PRAGMATIC VIEW; THE DIRECT ACCESS VIEW; CRITICISMS OF THE DIRECT ACCESS VIEW; IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS OF LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEANINGS; NEW MODELS AND BEHAVIORAL FINDINGS; Graded Salience View; Underspecification View; Constraint Satisfaction View; Relevance Theory
Conceptual Blending TheoryEmbodied Simulation Theory; Dynamical Systems View; CONCLUSION; 4: Interpreting Specific Figures of Speech; METAPHOR; METONYMY; IDIOMS; PROVERBS; IRONY; CONCLUSIONS; 5: Indeterminacy in Figurative Language Experience; CAN THE MEANINGS OF FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS BE PARAPHRASED?; THE NONLINGUISTIC BASIS OF FIGURATIVE MEANING; CAN FIGURATIVE MEANINGS BE INDIVIDUATED AND COUNTED?; PRAGMATICS AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE; THE DIVERSITY OF UNDERSTANDING EXPERIENCES; THE RHETORICAL FUNCTIONS OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE; METAPHOR; METONYMY; Idioms; Proverbs; Irony
CONCLUSION6: Factors Shaping Figurative Meaning Interpretation; PEOPLE; Age; Language Experience; Gender; Occupation; Culture; Political Background/Beliefs; Cognitive Differences; Bodily Experience/Bodily Action; Personality; Social Relationships and Common Ground; Summary; LANGUAGE MATERIALS; UNDERSTANDING GOAL/TASK; METHODS OF ASSESSING FIGURATIVE UNDERSTANDING; CONCLUSION; 7: Broadening the Scope of Figurative Language Studies; REFERENCES; INDEX