The Time-Course of Processing Novel Metonymy A Self-Paced Reading Study
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The current paper presents a self-paced reading experiment investigating the processing time-course of unfamiliar metonymy relying on context that is either permanent (such as Producer-for-product metonymy) or circumstantial (i.e. Reference Transfer). Reading Time results for both metonymy types show significant differences from a Nonsensical control condition, but do not show significant differences from matched literal controls. These results replicate findings that novel Producer-for-product metonymy, when supported by robust context, does not elicit significantly greater processing cost than literal control conditions. The current study extends this finding to Circumstantial metonymy.
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