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Literal Reading

Literal Reading is an interpretive approach within literary and religious analysis that belongs to the category of hermeneutical methods, distinguished by its adherence to the explicit, surface-level meaning of a text without incorporating symbolic, allegorical, or metaphorical interpretations.

348

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24.3K

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597

Authors

284

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2017–2026

60

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Publications

348

Allegories of Reading: Figural Language in Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust

Caroline D. Eckhardt, Paul de Man · World Literature Today · 1980 · 1.3K citations

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Understanding figurative and literal language: The graded salience hypothesis

Rachel Giora · Cognitive Linguistics · 1997 · 1.2K citations

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What's meaning got to do with it: The role of vocabulary in word reading and reading comprehension.

Gene P. Ouellette · Journal of Educational Psychology · 2006 · 1K citations · Full text

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Using mobile phones in English education in Japan

Patricia M. Thornton, Chris Houser · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning · 2005 · 893 citations · Full text

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Grasping Ideas with the Motor System: Semantic Somatotopy in Idiom Comprehension

Véronique Boulenger, Olaf Hauk, Friedemann Pulvermüller · Cerebral Cortex · 2008 · 561 citations · Full text

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Authors

597

  1. RW
    Raymond W. Gibbs

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    6 publications · 874 citations

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  2. DT
    Debra Titone

    McGill University, Canada

    5 publications · 264 citations

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  3. RG
    Rachel Giora

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    5 publications · 1.8K citations

    5

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  4. EW
    Ellen Winner

    Boston College, United States

    4 publications · 638 citations

    4

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  5. PD
    Paul de Man

    Yale University, United States

    4 publications · 1.6K citations

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Institutions

284

  1. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    587 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    363 citations

  4. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    111 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    510 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    639 citations

  7. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    287 citations

  8. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    315 citations

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Venues

  1. Metaphor and Symbol

    11 publications · 845 citations

    11

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  2. Discourse Processes

    DP · 10 publications · 765 citations

    10

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  3. Journal of Pragmatics

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Child Development

    7 publications · 452 citations

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  5. Cognitive Science

    7 publications · 860 citations

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