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'''Literal''' and figurative [[language]] is a distinction in [[traditional]] [[systems]] for analyzing language. Literal language refers to [[words]] that do not deviate from their defined [[meaning]]. Figurative language refers to words, and [[groups]] of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words. Figurative language may involve [[analogy]] to similar [[concepts]] or other [[contexts]], and may involve exaggerations. These alterations result in figures of speech.

'''Literal''' and '''figurative''' [[language]] is a distinction in [[traditional]] [[systems]] for analyzing language. Literal language refers to [[words]] that do not deviate from their defined [[meaning]]. Figurative language refers to words, and [[groups]] of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words. Figurative language may involve [[analogy]] to similar [[concepts]] or other [[contexts]], and may involve exaggerations. These alterations result in figures of speech.

==Details and examples==

==Details and examples==

In traditional [[analysis]], words in literal [[expressions]] denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage, while the words in figurative expressions connote—they add layers of [[meaning]]. To convert an utterance into meaning, the human [[mind]] requires a [[cognitive]] [[Frame of reference|framework]], made up of [[memories]] of all the possible meanings that might be available to apply to the particular words in their context. This set of memories will give prominence to the most common or literal meanings, but also suggest reasons for attributing different meanings, e.g., the [[reader]] understands that the [[author]] intended it to mean something different.

In traditional [[analysis]], words in literal [[expressions]] denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage, while the words in figurative expressions connote—they add layers of [[meaning]]. To convert an utterance into meaning, the human [[mind]] requires a [[cognitive]] [[Frame of reference|framework]], made up of [[memories]] of all the possible meanings that might be available to apply to the particular words in their context. This set of memories will give prominence to the most common or literal meanings, but also suggest reasons for attributing different meanings, e.g., the [[reader]] understands that the [[author]] intended it to mean something different.