herbert l colston

Figurative Language Comprehension

A scholarly book with a professional reference audience. Book will appeal to people who study met...

Using Figurative Language

Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of figurat...

Using Figurative Language

Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of figurat...

Figurative Language Comprehension

A scholarly book with a professional reference audience. Book will appeal to people who study met...

The Diversity of Irony

Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to t...

How Language Makes Meaning

Language's key function is to enable human social interaction, for which people are motivated to ...

The Diversity of Irony

Although the figure of irony has enjoyed extensive attention through important contributions to t...

Dynamism in Metaphor and Beyond

The last half century witnessed an upheaval in scientific investigation of human meaning-making a...

Cambridge Handbook of Irony and Thought

Using Figurative Language

Interpreting Figurative Meaning

Interpreting Figurative Meaning explores interdisciplinary debates on the ways in which humans co...

Using Figurative Language

Gathers decades of research on figurative language cognition to answer the question, 'Why don't p...