If metaphorical extension can be shown to take place because a particular stimulus property has acquired control of a response, we do not need to say that a speaker has invented a figure of speech to express a perceived similarity between two stimuli. (p. 311)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 12: The Autoclitic. Quote 5
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