Dynamic Type Creation in Metaphor Interpretation and Analogical Reasoning: A Case-Study with WordNet
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Metaphor and Analogy are perhaps the most challenging phenomena for a conceptual representation to facilitate, since by their very nature they seek to stretch the boundaries of domain description and dynamically establish new ways of determining inter-domain similarity. This research considers the problem of how a conceptual system structured around a central taxonomy can dynamically create new categories or types to understand novel metaphors and analogies. This theoretical perspective yields a practical method for dynamic type creation within WordNet.
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