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Direct linkRiddell, Patricia – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2016
Fox argues that the poetic function of language fulfils the human need to symbolise. Metaphor, simile and analogy provide examples of the ways in which symbolic language can be used creatively. The neural representations of these processes therefore provide a means to determine the neurological basis of creative language. Neuro-imaging has…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Brain, Logical Thinking, Neurological Organization
