Large-scale corpus study of 297 verb-object pairs finds metaphorical and literal usages differ in affective load and regularity but vary substantially by individual construction with no universal distinguishing pattern.
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Floating or Suggesting Ideas? A Large-Scale Contrastive Analysis of Metaphorical and Literal Verb-Object Constructions
Large-scale corpus study of 297 verb-object pairs finds metaphorical and literal usages differ in affective load and regularity but vary substantially by individual construction with no universal distinguishing pattern.