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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Literal and figurative language
		Literal language is thought to use the true meanings of words, while figurative language uses more poetic senses.
		Note that not all analyses of language maintain a strict distinction between the literal and the figurative.
		In other words, "literal meaning" is not a special sort of meaning, only the meaning we are most likely to assign to a word or phrase if we know nothing about the context in which it is to be used.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/li/Literal_and_figurative_language (0 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Finding Figurative Language in The Phantom Tollbooth
		Figurative language is often difficult for this age group because many still grasp only the literal meanings of words.
		Both the literal and figurative meanings of "in the doldrums" are already included on the figurative language chart as an example for students.
		The rubric is based on whether students correctly identified the literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases, how many additional examples they were able to find and record, and the resources that they used.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=79 (1144 words)

	Literal and figurative language: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Literal language is thought to use the true meanings of words, while figurative language uses more poetic senses.
		Note that not all analyses of language maintain a strict distinction between the literal and the figurative.
		In other words, "literal meaning" is not a special sort of meaning, only the meaning we are most likely to assign to a word or phrase if we know nothing about the context in which it is to be used.
	www.encyclopedian.com /fi/Figurative-language.html (325 words)

	Semiotics for Beginners: Rhetorical Tropes
		Furthermore, however they are defined, the conventions of figurative language constitute a rhetorical code, and understanding this code is part of what it means to be a member of the culture in which it is employed.
		We may think of figurative language as most obviously a feature of poetry and more generally of 'literary' writing, but, as Terry Eagleton remarks, 'there is more metaphor in Manchester than there is in Marvell' (Eagleton 1983, 6).
		However, language isn't 'glass' (as the metaphorical references to clarity and transparency suggest), and it is unavoidably implicated in the construction of the world as we know it.
	www.aber.ac.uk /media/Documents/S4B/sem07.html (0 words)

	DITL - LANGAGE FIGURÉ / Figurative language (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Figurative language is problematic for him because he sees it as a form of persuasion that produces belief rather than knowledge.
		Rhetoric and figurative language are therefore naturally at odds with philosophy, and since poetry is at least in part figurative, it is not difficult to make the connection between Plato's suspicion of rhetoric and his banishment of poets from the Republic.
		If figurative language is not to be rejected from and by philosophy, as the very attempt, throughout the philosophical tradition, to purge all figurative uses of language from philosophical discourse already intimates, then philosophy tends to subsume it, representing it as but a domain of philosophy, and one that philosophy has fully mastered.
	www.ditl.info /arttest/art7797.php (1893 words)

	English Vocabulary: Figures of Speech (EnglishClub.com)
		We use figures of speech in "figurative language" to add colour and interest, and to awaken the imagination.
		Figurative language is everywhere, from classical works like Shakespeare or the Bible, to everyday speech, pop music and television commercials.
		Figurative language is the opposite of literal language.
	www.englishclub.com /vocabulary/figures.htm (0 words)

	Metaphor and Neuropsychology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Whatever the skill employed in thought-that of logic, mathematics, language, spatial or musical symbols-we must not forget that it is driven by the Jamesian processes, undergoes flights and perchings, is susceptible to great variations in attention, and in general, is fueled by metaphorical and metonymic processes.
		Though this study clearly shows that the figurative and literal language comprehension processes are not parallel processes in differing hemispheres, the study also indicates that at least some subcomponents of language comprehension concerned with metaphoric processing are RH dependent.
		This kind of lesion evidence further suggests that parallel processing of literal and figurative language comprehension is too crude a level of analysis to be a useful description at the level of localization, suggesting that the figurative and literal language processing share at least some but not all components.
	zakros.ucsd.edu /~trohrer/metaphor/neurophl.htm (3260 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Literal and figurative language
		In traditional analyses, words in literal expressions denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage, while words in figurative expressions connote additional layers of meaning.
		It has been customary to characterize literal as the antonym of figurative as if the two are in dialectical opposition.
		The "literal meaning" is not a special form of meaning, as demonstrated by the example above; it is only the meaning the reader is most likely to assign to a word or phrase if he or she knows nothing about the context in which it is to be used.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language (0 words)

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		A figurative expression, is one in which the words are used in a sense different from that in which they are ordinarily used as; Abounding with figures of speech; as a description highly figurative.
		They are not literally the body and blood, they are not compared to the body or blood, and we have the physical bread and fruit of the vine to remind us of that body and blood J. Metonymy/synecdoche: substituting whole for part or part for whole 1.
		Likewise, while sometimes figurative language is used, most of the books of Acts and the Epistles are generally literal material I. Thus we see the means of interpretation of language IV.
	www.deusvitae.com /faith/outlines/literalfigurative.txt (1480 words)

	Literal and figurative language - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Expressions said to be in figurative language are called figures of speech.
		In the traditional analyses, words in literal expressions denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage, while words in figurative expressions denote something other than what they mean according to common or dictionary usage.
		XX has proposed an operational definition for an expression's literal meaning: it's whatever you would take the expression to mean if you were to receive a printed copy of the expression from an anonymous source and read it, having no context whatsoever.
	www.music.us /education/L/Literal-and-figurative-language.htm (0 words)

	Mrs. Dowling's Literature Terms-Figure of Speech
		Literal means "exact" or "not exaggerated." By pretending that the statement is not exaggerated, the person stresses the fullness of the store.
		Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface.
		Of course, the poet is not using literal language.
	www.dowlingcentral.com /MrsD/area/literature/Terms/figspeech.html (0 words)

	eye think lab
		Even though figurative language is pervasive in all cultures and all settings (Gibbs, 1994), eye movement research has focused on literal language.
		In these experiments, all we manipulated was the presence of figurative language, a change that did not alter the literal meaning or truth conditions of the sentence.
		Our findings, which have consequences for both the linguistic accounts of figurative language and the scope of top-down influences in visual perception, help illuminate the ways in which verbal and visual processes are intertwined.
	psych.ucsc.edu /eyethink/figurative_language.html (710 words)

	Literal and Figurative Language in the Bible
		Is the language used strictly literal or is it a figure of speech?
		Insisting on the literal meaning as being true and accurate, and figurative interpretation as a watering down of the intended meaning, is an exaggeration.
		For example, it would be difficult to state literally the profound truth, "l am the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25), or "I am the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6).
	www.wcg.org /lit/bible/literal2.htm (0 words)

	ipedia.com: Literal and figurative language Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Expressions said to be in figurative language are called figures of speech.
		XX has proposed an operational definition for an expression's literal meaning: it's whatever you would take the expression to mean if you were to receive a printed copy of the expression from an anonymous source and read it, having no context whatsoever.
		Cognitive linguistics, in particular, may ultimately declare all distinction between literal language and figurative language outdated.
	www.ipedia.com /literal_and_figurative_language.html (623 words)

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		The idea that one's language has a profound effect on our perception of the world has long fascinated students of linguistics, and indeed anyone with an interest in language.
		For example, in some of their early work Lakoff and Johnson pointed out that a large number of expressions people use to talk about warfare are also used to discuss verbal argumentation (where one can "attack," "retreat," pursue "strategies," and so on).
		For example, one way that metaphoric thought might affect language would be by playing a role in the historical evolution of what words and expressions mean.
	cogsci.ucsd.edu /~coulson/figreview.htm (2198 words)

	Figurative Language - An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
		Students will be able to appreciate the author's intent in including figurative language in his or her writing.
		Students will be able to create their own examples of figurative language by writing a poem using similes, metaphors, and personification.
		The point is for the students to understand that they must read carefully to identify figurative language and appreciate the author's effort in adding details such as figurative language into their writing.
	www.eduref.org /Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Process_Skills/LPS0205.html (1488 words)

	essay_ex4.html
		Namely, in her essay Macho Perri Klass uses extended metaphors reflected in figurative language; her metaphors combine the idea that a disease is the enemy, and that doctors are fighting a war.
		Figurative language is especially useful when an author wants to evoke the emotions of his or her readers, but, literal language is especially useful when an author wants to present concrete ideas or facts to his or her readers; each type of style has its purpose.
		In brief, words with connotations, figures of speech, and details that evoke multiple meanings are used by authors in their figurative writing; but, words that have one denotation, words that are concrete, and words that are restricted to one visual image are used by authors in their literal writing.
	www.coc.cc.ca.us /departments/English/essay_ex4.html (1974 words)

	Biblical Evidences VS Compromise ~ Literal or Figurative: How Can We Determine? ~ Elmer Moore (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are those who will tell you that everything in the Bible is literal and there are those who argue that nothing in the Bible is literal; that everything is figurative.
		Thus, language must be regarded as figurative if the literal interpretation would cause one passage to contradict another.
		Sixth: Language is figurative when it is said to be so (John 2:18-22).
	www.watchmanmag.com /0204/020414.htm (887 words)

	Bible Interpretation 05
		Figurative language involves "the representation of one concept in terms of another because the nature of the two things compared allows such an analogy to be drawn.
		The purpose of studying figurative language in the Bible is to understand the meaning intended by the author of that passage.
		Figurative speech, as already discussed, is a picturesque, out-of-the-ordinary way of presenting literal facts that might otherwise be stated in a normal, plain, ordinary way.
	www.spiritandtruth.org /teaching/Bible_Interpretation/05_Special/05_Special_Notes.htm (3028 words)

	Inference: Figurative Language
		Inference: Association and Reference], the final comment is a use of figurative language.
		Similarly, readers do not have to identify the specific form of figurative language—whether you are dealing with a simile, metaphor, or any other form of figurative language.
		Figurative language ups the reader's interest and often conveys meaning hard to convey in words.
	www.criticalreading.com /inference_figurative_language.htm (0 words)

	Figurative Language Lesson
		Students should record the literal and figurative descriptions on their chart for the first round.
		Return to the Langston Hughes poem and ask students to identify the literal meaning of the poem, and the figurative language used by the poet.
		Students will define the terms "simile" and "metaphor", identify them in a poem and use one of their figurative images to write a poem containing a simile or metaphor.
	www.cal.org /SIOP/lessons/LPBF.html (0 words)

	Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media: Conferences
		Figurative language, such as metaphor, metonymy, idioms, personification, simile among others, is in abundance in natural discourse.
		It is an effective apparatus to heighten effect and convey various meanings, such as humor, irony, sarcasm, affection, etc. Figurative language can be found not only in fiction, but also in everyday speech, newspaper articles, research papers, and even technical reports.
		The recognition of figurative language use and the computation of figurative language meaning constitute one of the hardest problems for a variety of natural language processing tasks, such as machine translation, text summarization, information retrieval, and question answering.
	datamining.typepad.com /data_mining/conferences (0 words)

	Figurative - Amazon.com: Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965: Books: Caroline A (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Figurative language uses "figures of speech" - a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words.
		Simile, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, personification, apostrophe, are all forms of figurative language.
		Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
	hunsa.yournetpath.com /?q=hunsa-figurative (222 words)

	Literary Terms
		From the Greek for "overcasting," hyperbole is a figure of speech that is a grossly exaggerated description or statement.
		Figurative language does not mean exactly what it says; rather, it suggests meanings.
		It is found throughout languages and is considered by many to be essential to language.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~jamess/litterms.htm (1465 words)

	SRB Archives 1(3)
		The argument that literal language is basic and figurative language secondary or derivative is not novel.
		Philosophers have long held that literal language is fundamental and the essence of human cognition and expression.
		The reductionist view of language is a thoroughly entrenched notion, and one exemplified and espoused by MacCormac (1985), who rejects the claim that language is largely metaphorical, contrary to current research in cognitive linguistics (e.g., Lakoff and Johnson 1980, Lakoff 1987, Johnson 1987, Langacker 1987).
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /epc/srb/srb/metaphorart.html (3678 words)

	Vol 32 No 3, July - September 1994 Page 2
		Language which means (or intends to mean) what it says, and which uses words in their "standard sense," derived from the common practice of ordinary speakers of the language, is said to be literal.
		Figurative language then is considered to be a principle of poetry, distinct from ordinary language, useful for the purpose of special, ornamental, aesthetic effects.
		They claim that metaphor in language is the result of the analogical nature of human conceptualization: "Our ordinary conceptual system, in terms of which we think and act, is fundamentally metaphorical in nature." Metaphor is possible in language because it is present in the mind.
	exchanges.state.gov /forum/vols/vol32/no3/p2.htm (2648 words)

	Assignment #6 - Language (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A figurative image is one created by a comparison of one thing to another through the use of a figure of speech.
		A substantial analysis of the use of language in a story typically centers on three aspects of figurative language: irony, symbolism, and allusion.
		The literal language used by the author in the first two paragraphs yields to the figurative and lyrical as the author focuses on the boy in his world, and his adoration of Mangan's sister brings a glow of light to the dark world.
	www.austincc.edu /dws/s4lang.html (8346 words)

	Figurative Language
		- Figurative language is not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense.
		Figurative language compares two things that are different in enough ways so that their similarities, when pointed out, are interesting, unique and/or surprising.
		Figurative Language Academy Awards (Grades 4-6) by P. Wenger
	www.42explore.com /figlang.htm (0 words)

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