Interaction and Analogy in the Comprehension and Appreciation of Metaphors. Technical Report No. 26, July 1, 1980 through September 30, 1980 [electronic resource] / Robert J. Sternberg and Georgia Nigro.

Two experiments tested a theory of information processing in metaphoric comprehension and appreciation. According to this theory, certain kinds of metaphors are based upon underlying analogies, and the processing components used to interpret these metaphors are highly similar to those used in the in...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Sternberg, Robert J.
Corporate Author:	Yale Univ., New Haven, CT. Department of Psychology
Other Authors:	Nigro, Georgia
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
Subjects:	Analogy. Interaction. Language Processing. Metaphors. Reading Comprehension. Reading Research.