Understanding and Appreciating Metaphors. Technical Report No. 11 [microform] / Roger Tourangeau and Robert J. Sternberg.

The three dominant views of metaphor emphasize comparison anomaly or dissimilarity, and a somewhat vaguer notion that combines aspects of the first two, called conceptual interaction. In all three views, a central consideration as to the aptness of the metaphor is the similarity of the objects linke...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Tourangeau, Roger
Corporate Author:	Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Department of Psychology
Other Authors:	Sternberg, Robert J.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:	Cognitive Processes. Figurative Language. Higher Education. Identification (Psychology) Imagery. Literary Criticism. Literary Devices. Metaphors. Prose. Psycholinguistics. Verbal Ability. Verbal Learning.