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Rachel Giora

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58

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7.1K

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39

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1983

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Affiliations

Tel Aviv University(Current)

Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo

Rachel Giora is an author at Tel Aviv University specializing in language studies, linguistics, and psycholinguistics.

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LanguageLinguisticsPsycholinguisticsSemanticsCognitive SciencePhilosophy Of LanguageApplied LinguisticsSocial SciencesCognitive LinguisticsLexical Semantics

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1983–2018

58

Publications

58

Understanding figurative and literal language: The graded salience hypothesis

Rachel Giora · Cognitive Linguistics · 1997 · 1.2K citations

Cognitive Linguistics, Philosophy Of Language, Psycholinguistics +6

On the priority of salient meanings: Studies of literal and figurative language

Rachel Giora · Journal of Pragmatics · 1999 · 408 citations

Philosophy Of Language, Syntax, Cognitive Linguistics +8

Concepts and conceptual development

Rachel Giora · Journal of Pragmatics · 1990 · 383 citations

Concept Formation, Philosophy Of Language, Cognitive Science +10

On irony and negation

Rachel Giora · Discourse Processes · 1995 · 380 citations

Paraconsistent Logic, Pragmatic Analysis, Indirect Negation +17

Literal vs. figurative language: Different or equal?

Rachel Giora · Journal of Pragmatics · 2002 · 317 citations

Philosophy Of Language, Visual Metaphor, Psycholinguistics +5

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