Metaphor Aptness and Conventionality: A Processing Fluency Account
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Metaphor aptness and conventionality: A processing fluency account
Conventionality and aptness are two dimensions of metaphorical sentences thought to play an important role in determining how quick and easy it is to process a metaphor. Conventionality refers to the familiarity of a metaphor whereas aptness refers to the degree to which a metaphor vehicle captures important features of a metaphor topic. In recent years it has become clear that operationalizing...
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عنوان ژورنال: Metaphor and Symbol
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1092-6488,1532-7868
DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2011.583196