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Download full textOrtony, Andrew; And Others – 1978
Two experiments are described in which reaction times for understanding target sentences or phrases in terms of a preceding context were measured. In experiment one, the target sentences followed either short or long contexts which induced either literal interpretations or metaphorical ones. Results indicated that only in the short context…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Clues, Figurative Language, Higher Education
