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    Context and Connection in Metaphor

    L. David Ritchie

    How do people understand metaphorical language? Can a commonplace metaphor affect the way people think even if they don’t interpret it? Why does it matter how people interpret metaphors? The…

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    Information

    L. David Ritchie

    Defines information, contrasting non-linear and reflexive ideas about human communication with linear perspectives. Information is equated with uncertainty; this presents a pattern for the conceptualizing and reconceptualizing of information in…

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    Feeling, Thinking, and Talking: How the Embodied Brain Shapes Everyday Communication

    L. David Ritchie (Portland State University)

    Combining theories from communication studies and psycholinguistics, this pioneering book explains how neurology, evolution and social structure interact in communication. Key concepts are introduced in an easy-to-read style, and examples…

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    Metaphorical Stories in Discourse

    L. David Ritchie (Portland State University)

    When Hillary Clinton conceded in 2008 that she didn’t quite ‘shatter the glass ceiling’, she used an abbreviated metaphorical story, in which stories about one topic are presented as stories…

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    Metaphor

    L. David Ritchie (Portland State University)

    A summary, critique and comparison of the most important theories on how metaphors are used and understood, drawing on research from linguistics, psychology and other disciplines. Written in a non-technical…

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    Metaphor

    L. David Ritchie (Portland State University)

    A summary, critique and comparison of the most important theories on how metaphors are used and understood, drawing on research from linguistics, psychology and other disciplines. Written in a non-technical…

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    Jet Fuel Toxicology

    Currently serving as a resource for the National Center for Toxological Research in their work with the Gulf Coast oil spill, this book presents current research conducted primarily by the…

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    Jet Fuel Toxicology

    Currently serving as a resource for the National Center for Toxological Research in their work with the Gulf Coast oil spill, this book presents current research conducted primarily by the…

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