Figurative Pivots: The Use of Figurative Expressions in Pivotal Topic Transitions

By E. Holt, Paul Drew. 2005

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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In Language and Linguistics

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In Literature and Literary Theory

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Citations in the corpus

• Designing the Recipient (2011, background): “Such formulations are often accompanied by transitions to new topics; indeed the production of the idiom is one part of the procedure for moving to new topic, as it summarizes what has come before in a manner that is not easy to further pick apart (Holt and Drew 2005).”