L'autore:
Herbert L. Colston earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1995. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He completed postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at Interval Research Corporation, a privately funded research institute associated with Stanford University. His current research interests include the comprehension and use of figurative and indirect language, nonverbal communication, embodiment in language meaning and other related topics in psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics. He has recently published over 25 articles in books and journals such as the Journal of Pragmatics, Cognitive Linguistics, Pragmatics and Cognition, Discourse Processes, The Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Language and Speech, and Metaphor and Symbol.
Albert N. Katz is Full Professor at University of Western Ontario where he also earned his PhD. in 1976. His current research interests are, first, the understanding and processing of nonliteral language; and, second, in understanding everyday and autobiographical memory. He has published over 50 articles in refereed journals, has written 10 chapters in edited books, and has edited and written two books. He is Associate Editor of the journal, Metaphor and Symbol (and guest editor for the special issue on Irony, vol.15, nos.1 and 2, 2000). He was elected a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association in 1999.
Contenuti:
Contents: A.N. Katz, Preface. H.L. Colston, On Sociocultural and Nonliteral: A Synopsis and a Prophesy. Part I: Sociocultural Knowledge Influences. D.J. Barr, B. Keysar, Making Sense of How We Make Sense: The Paradox of Egocentrism in Language Use. R.J. Gerrig, W.S. Horton, Contextual Expressions and Common Ground. Part II: Sociocultural Phenomenological Influences. T. Holtgraves, Context and the Comprehension of Nonliteral Meanings. H.L. Colston, Social and Cultural Influences on Figurative and Indirect Language. R.W. Gibbs, Jr., C.D. Izett, Irony as Persuasive Communication. K.E. Link, R.J. Kreuz, Do Men and Women Differ in Their Use of Nonliteral Language When They Talk About Emotions? Part III: Sociocultural Processing Influences. A.N. Katz, Discourse and Social-Cultural Factors in Understanding Nonliteral Language. P.M. Pexman, Social Factors in the Interpretation of Verbal Irony: The Roles of Speaker and Listener Characteristics. R. Giora, N. Balaban, O. Fein, I. Alkabets, Explicit Negation as Positivity in Disguise. Part IV: New Sociocultural Influences. T.L. Blumentritt, R.R. Heredia, Stereotype Processing and Nonliteral Language. C. Curcó, On Mosquitoes and Camels: Some Notes on the Interpretation of Metaphorically Transparent Popular Sayings. M. Marschark, Metaphors in Sign Language and Sign Language Users: A Window Into Relations of Language and Thought.
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