Understanding Metaphors

By Melissa Gronebaum and Melissa Grönebaum

1. Introduction 2. Metaphors 3. Processing nonliteral language 3.1. Standard pragmatic model: Sequential processing 3.2. The direct Access view: Context-Dependent-Hypothesis 3.3. Graded salience hypothesis 3.4. Testing traditional hypotheses 4. The role of hemispheres 4.1. Questioning the special role of the right hemisphere 4.2. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation 4.3. Visual Half-Field Priming 4.4. Neuroimaging 5. Recent research 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3656587655
• ISBN13: 9783656587651
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"