Interpreting Metaphors and Idioms : Some Effects of Context on Comprehension. Technical Report No. 93 / Andrew Ortony and Others.

Two experiments are described in which reaction times for understanding target sentences or phrases in terms of a preceding context were measured. In experiment one, the target sentences followed either short or long contexts which induced either literal interpretations or metaphorical ones. Results...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Ortony, Andrew
Corporate Authors:	Illinois Univ., Urbana. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:	College Students. Context Clues. Figurative Language. Higher Education. Metaphors. Reaction Time. Reading Comprehension. Reading Processes. Reading Research.