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Books like Figurative Language

Explore 24 books like Figurative Language by Barbara Dancygier — a handpicked selection united by Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Linguistics, and Language Arts & Disciplines.

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The Gist of Reading — Andrew Elfenbein

The Gist of Reading

Andrew Elfenbein

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Vygotsky’s Sociohistorical Psychology and Its Contemporary Applications — Carl Ratner

Vygotsky’s Sociohistorical Psychology and Its Contemporary Applications

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Language in Cognitive Development The Emergence of the Mediated Mind — Katherine Nelson

Language in Cognitive Development The Emergence of the Mediated Mind

Katherine Nelson

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Gesture and Thought — David McNeill

Gesture and Thought

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Language Production — Matthew Andrew Goldrick

The Oxford Handbook of Language Production

Matthew Andrew Goldrick

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought — Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.

The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought

Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Cognitive Processing of the Chinese and the Japanese Languages — C.K. Leong

Cognitive Processing of the Chinese and the Japanese Languages

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Imagery and Text A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing — Mark Sadoski

Imagery and Text A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

The Psychology of Cognition An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience — Durk Talsma

The Psychology of Cognition An Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Understanding Dialogue Language Use and Social Interaction — Martin J. Pickering

Understanding Dialogue Language Use and Social Interaction

Martin J. Pickering

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Auxiliaries Cognitive Forces and Grammaticalization — Bernd Heine

Auxiliaries Cognitive Forces and Grammaticalization

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism — Istvan Kecskes

Cognitive Aspects of Bilingualism

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Developing a Foundation for Learning with Internationally Adopted Children Family-based Activities for Remedial Learning and Attachment — Boris Gindis

Developing a Foundation for Learning with Internationally Adopted Children Family-based Activities for Remedial Learning and Attachment

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition — Judit Kormos

Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Presuppositions and Cognitive Processes Understanding the Information Taken for Granted — Filippo Domaneschi

Presuppositions and Cognitive Processes Understanding the Information Taken for Granted

Filippo Domaneschi

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Psycholinguistics A Resource Book for Students — John Field

Psycholinguistics A Resource Book for Students

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

The Power of Language How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds — Viorica Marian

The Power of Language How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Positive Words, Powerful Results Simple Ways to Honor, Affirm, and Celebrate Life — Hal Urban

Positive Words, Powerful Results Simple Ways to Honor, Affirm, and Celebrate Life

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Words and Minds How We Use Language to Think Together — Neil Mercer

Words and Minds How We Use Language to Think Together

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Metaphor Wars — Raymond W. Gibbs

Raymond W. Gibbs

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Listening, Thinking, Being Toward an Ethics of Attunement — Lisbeth Lipari

Listening, Thinking, Being Toward an Ethics of Attunement

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Spell-out and the Minimalist Program — Juan Uriagereka

Spell-out and the Minimalist Program

Juan Uriagereka

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

Centering Theory in Discourse — Marilyn A. Walker

Centering Theory in Discourse

Marilyn A. Walker

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

The Stuff of Thought Language as a Window Into Human Nature — Steven Pinker

The Stuff of Thought Language as a Window Into Human Nature

Themes: Psycholinguistics • Cognitive Psychology & Cognition • Linguistics

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Figurative Language by Barbara Dancygier. Connected by Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Linguistics. Authors featured include Andrew Elfenbein, Carl Ratner, Katherine Nelson, David McNeill, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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