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experimental psycholinguistics
indirect cognition in psychology
language processing models
mental representation
metaphor comprehension
neurocognitive mechanisms
symbolic activity research

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  • ISBN 9780805899269
  • Weight: 350g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Apr 1996
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The articles in this special issue focus on experimental psychological, neuropsychological, and computer-based approaches to figurative language, suggesting the enormous impact of cognitive science on our understanding of figurative language.

Where, exactly, does figurative language fit in the larger scheme of things? The basic thesis is that much of intelligent behavior partakes of indirectness -- layeredness, levels, embeddedness, and tangled hierarchies. Deficiencies in this respect, brought about by inabilities to build processing structures by using prior or old information, result in a lesser ability to process not only figurative language but all sorts of indirect cognition, including pretense, deception, etc. This special issue attempts to further the goal of "unisolating" figurative language and making it less special, whether by viewing it in the more general light of indirectness or some other rubric.