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literal and figurative language

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literal and figurative language

Summary

literal and figurative language is a pair of concepts[1]. It draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (pair_of_concepts category, ranking #7 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • literal and figurative language's instance of is recorded as pair of concepts[3].
  • literal and figurative language's has part is recorded as literal language[4].
  • literal and figurative language's has part is recorded as figurative language[5].
  • literal and figurative language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0159dm[6].
  • literal and figurative language's BBC Things ID is recorded as e6f54458-557f-4614-8267-dc43f8edc9c5[7].
  • literal and figurative language's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc6hfd08[8].
  • literal and figurative language's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 46182478[9].
  • literal and figurative language's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C46182478[10].

Why It Matters

literal and figurative language draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (pair_of_concepts category, ranking #7 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_literal-and-figurative-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{literal and figurative language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/literal-and-figurative-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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