n.非直接量
Due to the degree of metaphoricity, there exists a continuum from literal meaning to nonliteral meaning. 由于语言的隐喻性及隐喻性程度（约定俗成度）不一样，话语的意义是从直接意义到间接意义的连续体。
The nonliteral language and the literal language may be stored and processed differently in the brain. 摘要非直义语言与直义语言在大脑中贮存和加工可能是不同的。
Neurologists had long suspected that the right hemisphere was the seat of emotion, personality, and nonliteral language. 神经科学家早就怀疑右脑半球是情绪、人格和非字面语言的所在地。
What are to be further examined is the research paradigm of nonliteral language, the development of automatic speech and the social and emotional interaction. 但是关于非直义语言的研究范式、自动化加工的发展过程及社会文化、情感因素对它的影响仍然是需要探讨的重要问题。
An expression such as a metaphor or simile or a device such as personification or hyperbole in which words are used in a nonliteral way to achieve an effect beyond the range of ordinary language. 形象化说法：例如隐喻或直喻等表达方式或如拟人或夸张等文学手法，通过这些方法文字能用非字面的意义获得超过普通语言的效果。
