Title

Cognitive processes involved in metaphor aptness

Journal title

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 52

Issue

No 2

Authors

Khatin-Zadeh, Omid ; Eskandari, Zahra

Affiliation

Khatin-Zadeh, Omid : School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China ; Eskandari, Zahra : Chabahar Maritime University

Keywords

Metaphor aptness ; Class-inclusion model ; metaphorical class ; abstract concepts ; typicality

Divisions of PAS

Nauki Humanistyczne i Społeczne

Coverage

147-152

Publisher

Committee for Psychological Science PAS

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Date

2021.08.09

Type

Article

Identifier

DOI: 10.24425/ppb.2021.137257

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