Psychology and the Poetics of Growth

ISBN-13: 9781032593845 / Twarda / 2023 / 270 str.

Marilyn R. Pollio

Opis

In this volume, originally published in 1977, the authors describe the relevance of figurative language for the psychology of language and present a methodological approach best described as naturalistic in orientation.

Spis treści

Preface.  Part I: Figurative Language  1. Why Figurative Language?  2. Models of the Metaphoric Process  3. The Measurement of Metaphor and Some Preliminary Findings  Part II: Figurative Language and the Process of Psychotherapy  4. Metaphor in Psychotherapy  5. Insight in Psychotherapy  6. Metaphor and Insight in Psychotherapy: Some Empirical Results  Part III: Figurative Language, Children, and the Educational Context  7. The Development of Figurative Language  8. Figurative Language and the Educational Process  9. Making it More: Evaluating Methods for Teaching Figurative Language.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

O autorze

Howard R. Pollio University of Tennessee; Jack M. Barlow, Private Pratcuce, Knoxville, Tennessee; Harold J. Fine University of Tennessee and Marilyn R. Pollio Maryville College