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Herbert L. Colston

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Publications

26

Citations

2.4K

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19

Active since

1995

Affiliations

University of Wisconsin–Parkside(Current)

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of Alberta

Herbert L. Colston is an author at University of Wisconsin–Parkside specializing in language studies, linguistics, and discourse analysis.

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LanguageLinguisticsDiscourse AnalysisRhetoricPsycholinguisticsPhilosophy Of LanguageArtsPragmaticsSocial SciencesCommunication

Publications per year

1995–2021

26

Publications

26

The cognitive psychological reality of image schemas and their transformations

Raymond W. Gibbs, Herbert L. Colston · Cognitive Linguistics · 1995 · 399 citations

Visual Language, Cognitive Science, Visual Communication +9

Contrast and pragmatics in figurative language: Anything understatement can do, irony can do better

Herbert L. Colston, Jennifer E. O’Brien · Journal of Pragmatics · 2000 · 268 citations

Experimental Pragmatic, Pragmatic Analysis, Discourse Analysis +5

Salting a wound or sugaring a pill: The pragmatic functions of ironic criticism

Herbert L. Colston · Discourse Processes · 1997 · 236 citations

Literary Theory, Pragmatic Functions, Social Criticism +20

Are Irony and Metaphor Understood Differently?

Herbert L. Colston, Raymond W. Gibbs · Metaphor and Symbol · 2002 · 207 citations

Psycholinguistics, Cognition, Rhetoric +19

You'll Never Believe This: Irony and Hyperbole in Expressing Surprise

Herbert L. Colston · Journal of Psycholinguistic Research · 1998 · 194 citations

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