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A connectionist account of the emergence of the literal-metaphorical-anomalous distinction in young children [PDF]
, 2001 We present the first developmental computational model of metaphor comprehension, which seeks to relate the emergence of a distinction between literal and non-literal similarity in young children to the development of semantic representations.
Thomas, Michael S.C. +2 more
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Metaphor as categorisation: a connectionist implementation [PDF]
, 2001 A key issue for models of metaphor comprehension is to explain how in some metaphorical comparison , only some features of B are transferred to A. The features of B that are transferred to A depend both on A and on B.
Thomas, Michael S.C., Mareschal, Denis
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The metaphorical construction of complex domains : the case of speech activity in English. [PDF]
, 2005 In this article I provide an account of the way in which the domain of spoken communication is metaphorically constructed in English, on the basis of the analysis of over 450 metaphorical references to speech activity in a corpus of contemporary written ...
Semino, Elena
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Psychology of Language and Communication, 2023 Metaphors can be used to influence people´s decision-making processes. In the judicial context, the use of metaphors is widespread, but its influence on the decision-making process in court has rarely been studied.
Mohnke Margaux +2 more
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Role of Metaphor in Forming Military Discourse Terminology (by Material of English Periodicals)
Научный диалог, 2017 The article is devoted to the study of metaphor as a cognitive mechanism for the creation of a new term, based on the integration and reinvention of knowledge in the light of background information and new field of special knowledge.
K. A. Degtyarenko
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The spatiality of sounds. From sound-source localization to musical spaces
Aisthesis, 2022 The proliferation of and interest in concepts of musical space make the question of why composers, philosophers, and musicologists have used spatial concepts for music – which is typically considered a temporal and ephemeral art form – a relevant issue ...
Nicola Di Stefano
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Metaphorization as a Way of Forming Terms of Subject Area "Cosmetology"
Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2017 The article justifies the role of metaphorization as one of the most important sources of replenishment of scientific terminology with new terms. Metaphor is considered as a cognitive mechanism allowing to comprehend abstract concepts in more concrete ...
Diana B. Temirova
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Metaphorical Terms as Part of English Legal Terminology
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2019 The present research features the role of metaphorical term formation in the Anglo-American legal term system on the basis of a multi-aspect analysis of a lexicographic source. A thorough examination showed that metaphorization is a full-featured but not
Irina A. Gavrilova
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Languages, 2023 This paper investigates the term “sea” (hai) in the four-character Chinese idioms according to conceptual metaphor and metonymy theory, attempting to illustrate their conceptualization, determine their possible underlying motivations, and explore Chinese
Yali Zhao +2 more
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Metaphors in Anatomical Terminology
Space and Culture, India, 2019 The article is concerned with the problem of metaphorisation as the most important cognition mechanism that plays a significant role in forming the anatomical vocabulary of the Kazakh and Russian languages. Terminology is a part of the literary language,
Zifa Temirgazina +5 more
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