A sign's ground is the respect in which the sign represents its object, e.g. as in literal and figurative language.

Early research on figurative language typically assumed that comprehending figurative and literal language involved different kinds of processes.

Not all theories of meaning have a concept of "literal language" (see literal and figurative language).

No-one above the pathological level has any trouble with literal language - defined in psychological terms as language with immediate sensory feedback.

In these, there are differing levels of allegory, figurative language, metaphors, similes and literal language.

Indeed, the legal form of this convoluted set of transactions arguably appeared to qualify under the literal language of the statute.

Freud said that the subconscious never speaks to us in literal language.

Emphasizing a statute's literal language meant a habeas corpus law that randomly closes the doors of federal courts to a set of state prisoners.

Ezra was quite critical of past authors who used metaphor only as an exaggeration tool or substituted metaphor for precise literal language.

Note: There is no built-in language literal for undefined.