Literal vs. figurative language: Different or equal?

By R. Giora. 2002

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Abstract concepts: sensory-motor grounding, metaphors, and beyond (2011, background): “Giora (2002) also noted that there is no fundamental difference between literal and metaphorical meanings.”
Expecting Irony: Context Versus Salience-Based Effects (2007, background): “Therefore, salience-based interpretations were not only derived here but also retained for as long as 1,000 msec following offset of targets (see also Giora, 2002, 2003; Giora & Fein, 1999a, 1999b).”
Pragmatic and executive dysfunction in schizophrenia (2010, background): “Indeed, according to Giora (2002), idiomatic and non-idiomatic metaphors are supposed to require different processes to be understood.”
Literal salience in on-line processing of idiomatic expressions by second language learners (2006, methodology): “The L2 data obtained in the experiment are perhaps most readily interpretable within the graded salience framework (Giora, 1997; 2002; 2003), on which the L2 model proposed here is based.”
Where Does Metonymy Stop? Senses, Facets, and Active Zones (2004, background): “It has been discussed both in its own right and in relation to metaphor (e.g., Barcelona, 2000; Dirven & Porings, 2002; Panther & Radden, 1999; Panther & Thornburg, 2003; Warren, 1999, 2002), and the role of figurative language has also been dealt with in the light of language processing and underst”