Aptness in Metaphor. Technical Report No. 13 [microform] / Roger Tourangeau and Robert J. Sternberg.

Defining metaphor as "seeing a concept from one class in terms of a concept from another class," a study was devised that analyzed the degree to which two concepts occupy dissimilar positions with respect to their category or domain (within-domain distance), and the degree to which categor...

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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:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:	Association (Psychology) Associative Learning. Cognitive Processes. Comprehension. Figurative Language. Metaphors. Reading Comprehension. Reading Research. Research Reports. Semantics.