Gender Stereotypes and Figurative Language Comprehension
The paper aims to show how and to what extent social and cultural cues influence figurative language understanding. In the first part of the paper, we argue that social-contextual knowledge is organized in “schemas” or stereotypes, which act as strong bias in speaker’s meaning comprehension. Resear...
Main Authors: | Roberta Cocco, Francesca Ervas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente
2012-09-01
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Series: | Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies |
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Online Access: | http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/172 |
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