MENTAL LEXICON: CONSTRUCT, METAPHOR, MYTH?

Conventional Metaphor and the Lexicon

Metaphor and other forms of non-literal language are essential parts of language which have direct bearing on theories of lexical semantics. Neither narrow theories of lexical semantics, nor theories relying solely on world knowledge are sufficient to account for our ability to generate and interpret non-literal language. This paper presents an emerging approach that may provide such an account...

Information Systems Diversity: Metaphor, Meaning and Myth

Diversity pervades our lives being both a salient feature of the world around us and an unavoidable characteristic of the human endeavor. In the IS discipline there have been great discussions over the many issues stemming from diversity in our research. However, much of the discussion has overlooked the more fundamental issue of research diversity itself. This paper contributes to current unde...

Systematicity and the Lexicon in Creative Metaphor

Aptness is an umbrella term that covers a multitude of issues in the interpretation and generation of creative metaphor. In this paper we concentrate on one of these issues – the notion of lexical systematicity – and explore its role in ascertaining the coherence of creative metaphor relative to the structure of the target concept being described. We argue that all else being equal, the most ap...

Systematicity And The Lexicon In Creative Metaphor

Aptness is an umbrella term that covers a multitude of issues in the interpretation and generation of creative metaphor. In this paper we concentrate on one of these issues — the notion of lexical systematicity — and explore its role in ascertaining the coherence of creative metaphor relative to the structure of the target concept being described. We argue that all else being equal, the most ap...

Body-Based Reasoning Using a Feeling-Based Lexicon, Mental Imagery, and an Object-Oriented Metaphor Hierarchy