This paper presents a semiotic technique as a means of exploring meaning and understanding in interface design and use. This is examined through a study of the interaction between the “file” metaphor and “save as” command metaphor. The behaviour of these (from a functional or computational basis) do not exactly match, or map onto, the meaning of the metaphor. We examine both the denotation of a...

The concept of attention is defined by multiple inconsistent metaphors that scientists use to identify relevant phenomena, frame hypotheses, construct experiments, and interpret data. (1) The Filter metaphor shapes debates about partial vs. complete filtering, early vs . late selection, and information filtering vs. enhancement. (2) The Spotlight metaphor raises the issue of spacevs. object-bas...

The structural theory of metaphor (STM) uses techniques from possible worlds semantics to generate and interpret metaphors. STM is presented in detail in The Logic of Metaphor: Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds (Steinhart, 2001). STM is based on Kittay’s semantic field theory of metaphor (1987) and ultimately on Black’s interactionist theory (1962, 1979). STM uses an intensional calculus to sp...

this paper aims not to study sadra’s viewpoint on the language of qur’an but aims to offer sadra’s division of and criticisms on the different approaches to the language of qur’an. therefore, this study has been conducted on the negative dimension and has a critical attitude and is not going to study on the positive dimension and to explain sadra’s viewpoint; although recognition of this negati...

In this paper we introduce improvements of bee hive metaphor model for web search. We identified critical areas in this model and designed several methods to improve behavior in web search. Then we compared experimentally these new methods with existing solutions and original model. Performed experiments demonstrate that both behavior of the bee hive and results of web search have been improved.

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...

On 9 December 2011 a new Belgian government was sworn in after a record breaking 541 days of negotiations between all democratic political forces with the aim to alter the constitution and provide more autonomy to the different regions that make up Belgium. In this article, the frequent use of political metaphors by North-Belgian politicians and journalists is analysed through a critical metaph...

This study used fMRI to investigate the neural correlates of analogical mapping during metaphor comprehension, with a focus on dynamic configuration of neural networks with changing processing demands and individual abilities. Participants with varying vocabulary sizes and working memory capacities read 3-sentence passages ending in nominal critical utterances of the form "X is a Y." Processing...

This paper is intended as a basis for discussion. We propose that users may, knowingly or subconsciously, interpret the events that occur when interacting with spoken dialogue systems in more than one way. Put differently, there is more than one metaphor people may use in order to make sense of spoken human-computer dialogue. We further suggest that different metaphors may not play well togethe...