Mental Simulation in the Processing of Literal and Metaphorical Motion Language: An Eye Movement Study.
An eye-tracking while listening study based on the blank screen paradigm was conducted to investigate the processing of literal and metaphorical verbs of motion. The study was based on two assumptions from the literature: that language comprehension by default engages mental simulation, and that loo...
| Publicado en: | Metaphor & Symbol Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 153 - 171 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul-Sep2020
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