The use of figurative language in poetic discourse: Cognitive constraints on verbal creativity

Shen, Yeshayahu

doi:10.1075/lal.1.11she

In:Cognitive Stylistics: Language and cognition in text analysis
Edited by Elena Semino and Jonathan Culpeper
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 1] 2002
► pp. 211–230

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Cognitive constraints on verbal creativity

The use of figurative language in poetic discourse

Yeshayahu Shen | Tel Aviv University, Israel

Published online: 5 November 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.1.11she

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