This paper presents a computational model of referential metaphor comprehension. This model is designed on top of Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a model of the representation of word and text meanings. Comprehending a referential metaphor consists in scanning the semantic neighbors of the metaphor in order to find words that are also semantically related to the context. The depth of that searc...

Sarcasm is generally characterized as a figure of speech that involves the substitution of a literal by a figurative meaning, which is usually the opposite of the original literal meaning. We re-frame the sarcasm detection task as a type of word sense disambiguation problem, where the sense of a word is either literal or sarcastic. We call this the Literal/Sarcastic Sense Disambiguation (LSSD) ...

Information retrieval (IR) and figurative language processing (FLP) could scarcely be more different in their treatment of language and meaning. IR views language as an open-ended set of mostly stable signs with which texts can be indexed and retrieved, focusing more on a text’s potential relevance than its potential meaning. In contrast, FLP views language as a system of unstable signs that ca...

Native speakers of English use idioms such as put your foot down and spill the beans to label events that are not described literally by the words that compose the idioms. For many such expressions, the idiomatic meanings are transparent; that is, the connection between the literal expression and its figurative meaning makes sense to native speakers. We tested Keysar and Bly's (1995) hypothesis...

Figurative language is one kind of the styles to make expression and message speaker or writer strengthened. usually used in song lyrics. Sometimes, figurative languages existed lyrics can’t be understandable. One that has a lot songs from Sinestesia album by Efek Rumah Kaca. Therefore, this research trying analyze on Kaca’s titled Sinestesia. The focused analyzing type with its meaning using K...

Figurative languages are that use figures of speech, not literal meanings. This research analyzed the figurative language used in lyric Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys. The purpose this is to find out types lyrics song Keys and analyze contextual meaning lyrics. It hoped results study will be useful for readers, especially describing what kind are. method descriptive qualitative research. got from ...

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This study discusses gender in Egyptian Arabic proverbs from a sociolinguistic point of view to see the correlation between language and socio-cultural society. The research method used this is combination intralingual, extra lingual, hermeneutic, correlational methods. Based on results analysis, it known that disclosure uses lingual units form words phrases. As for meaning, expression literal ...

The distinction between literal and figurative use is well-known embedded in ‘folk linguistics’. According to folk linguistics, uses deviate from ones. But recent work on lexical modulation polysemy shows that meaning deviation ubiquitous, even cases of use. Hence, it has been argued, the literal/figurative no value for theorising about communication. In this paper, we focus metaphor argue here...