Figurative Meaning Construction: From Cognitive Operations to Thought and Culture

Figurative Language in a Modern Theory of Meaning Construction: A Lexical Concepts and Cognitive Models Approach

Blending and Coded Meaning: Literal and Figurative Meaning in Cognitive Semantics

In this article, we examine the relationship between literal and figurative meanings in view of mental spaces and conceptual blending theory as developed by Fauconnier & Turner (2002). Beginning with a brief introduction to the theory, we proceed by analyzing examples of metaphor, fictive motion, and virtual change to reveal various processes of meaning construction at work in a range of exampl...

Empirical and Computational Approaches to Metaphor and Figurative Meaning

One of the hallmarks of human intelligence is the ability to go beyond literal meanings of utterances to infer speakers’ intended meanings, a feat that remains elusive to the most advanced artificial systems. Figurative language such as metaphor, in particular, provides a striking case where complex meanings arise that cannot be derived from the literal semantics alone. For example, My lawyer i...

Content and formal cognitive operations in construing meaning

ion) and in that it neatly separates formal from content operations. Still, we have one further refinement to make. In our view, integration operations may be of two kinds: integration by schematic enrichment and integration by combination. We discuss each mode of integration in turn. Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez & Francisco Santibáñez Sáenz 310 Figure 2. Ruiz de Mendoza & Peña’s Combine...

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...