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Playful Metaphors in Sex Jokes and Socio-Cultural Implications 性笑话中的俏皮隐喻及其社会文化含义

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Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1802205

Huei-ling Lai

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引用次数: 1

Individual Differences in Comprehension of Contextualized Metaphors 语境化隐喻理解的个体差异

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1821203

Dusan Stamenkovic, Nicholas Ichien, K. Holyoak

引用次数: 12

Power, Gender, and Individual Differences in Spatial Metaphor: The Role of Perceptual Stereotypes and Language Statistics 空间隐喻中的权力、性别和个体差异：感知刻板印象和语言统计的作用

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1794319

Bodo Winter, Sarah E. Duffy, J. Littlemore

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引用次数: 9

From the Sea to the Sky: Metaphorically Mapping Water to Air 从海洋到天空:隐喻地将水映射到空气

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1804809

Hamad Al-Azary, Christina L. Gagné, T. Spalding

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引用次数: 3

Mental Simulation in the Processing of Literal and Metaphorical Motion Language: An Eye Movement Study 动作语言加工过程中的心理模拟——眼动研究

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1794318

Emilia Castaño, G. Carrol

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引用次数: 2

“She Starts Breakdancing, I Swear!”: Metaphor, Framing, and Digital Pregnancy Discussions “她开始跳霹雳舞，我发誓！”：隐喻、框架和数字怀孕讨论

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1767335

Janet Ho

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引用次数: 1

To “Face the Powder” or “Powder the Face”? Contemporary Metaphor Theory and the Art of Chinese to English Translation “面对粉末”还是“粉脸”？当代隐喻理论与汉英翻译艺术

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-04-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1769269

L. Ritchie, Xuede Zhao

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引用次数: 0

Effects of Communication Modality and Speaker Identity on Metaphor Framing 交际方式和说话人身份对隐喻框架的影响

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-04-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1767336

S. Flusberg, Mark Lauria, Samuel Balko, P. Thibodeau

引用次数: 5

Whether Verbal or Visual, Affirmative or Negative, Tautologies are Not Tautologies 无论是口头的还是视觉的，肯定的还是否定的，重言式都不是重言式

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-04-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1784509

R. Giora, Ofer Fein, Vered Heruti

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引用次数: 2

Exploring Perceptions of Novelty and Mirth in Elicited Figurative Language Production 在引申的比喻语言生产中探索新奇和欢乐的感知

IF 1.1 3区文学

Metaphor and Symbol Pub Date : 2020-04-02 DOI: 10.1080/10926488.2020.1820763

S. Skalicky

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引用次数: 4