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X IS A JOURNEY: Embodied Simulation in Metaphor Interpretation.

This essay compares simulation-based accounts of metaphor processing recently proposed by Gibbs (2006a) and Ritchie (2006), using examples of metaphors based on the metaphor vehicle “journey” from four different texts. From analysis of these different examples, it is concluded that simulation may co...

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Published in:Metaphor & Symbol Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 174 - 200
Main Author: Ritchie, L. David
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008
Subjects:
Metaphor
Hermeneutics
Cognitive ability
Symbolism
Communications research
Education
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