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| Context Effect | 1 |
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| Discourse Processes | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKeysar, Boaz – Discourse Processes, 1994
Supports the hypothesis that literal and metaphorical interpretations can result from similar contextual constraints. Finds that a metaphorical interpretation may be selected because a literal interpretation would have been inappropriate and that likewise a literal interpretation may be selected because a metaphorical interpretation would have…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
