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Actualidades en psicología
On-line version ISSN 0258-6444
Abstract
MOLINA-DELGADO, Mauricio. Metáforas y significados no literales: tendencias recientes en la investigación neuropsicológica. Actual. psicol. [online]. 2008, vol.22, n.109, pp. 1-18. ISSN 0258-6444.
Objective. The author makes a survey of the recent research in metaphors and nonliteral meaning from a neuropsychological perspective. Procedure. A theoretical evaluation is made, different tendencies are identified and possible lines of research for the future are considered. Conclusion. Typically, related phenomena are confused with metaphors. There is a total divorce between neuropsychological and cognitive approaches.
Keywords : Metaphor; Polysemy; Cognition; Neuropsychology.