Boers, Frank and Littlemore, Jeannette (2000) Cognitive style variables in participants' explanations of conceptual metaphors. Metaphor and symbol, 15 (3). pp. 177-187. ISSN 1092-6488
URL of Published Version: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=jour~content=a785376818 Identification Number/DOI: 10.1207/S15327868MS1503_4 71 University students were first asked to explain three conceptual metaphors. Then the participants’ cognitive styles were classified into “analytic” or “holistic and “imager” or “verbaliser” by means of the Riding (1991) computer assisted test of cognitive styles. The results of the experiment revealed cognitive style variables in subjects’ preferred strategies to explain the metaphors: (a) “holistic thinkers” were more likely than “analytic” ones to blend their conception of the target domain with the source domain ; and (b) “imagers” were more likely than
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| Type of Work: | Article |
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| Date: | 2000 (Publication) |
| School/Faculty: | Schools (1998 to 2008) > School of Humanities |
| Department: | English |
| Subjects: | PE English P Philology. Linguistics |
| Institution: | University of Birmingham |
| Copyright Holders: | Psychology Press |
| ID Code: | 279 |
| Refereed: | YES |
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