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...

the present study is a randomized pilot project that intends to test the graded salience hypothesis (giora, 1997), to investigate the major factors contributing to understanding meaning. according to graded salience hypothesis, more salient meanings–coded meanings foremost on our mind due to conventionality, frequency, familiarity, or prototypicality–are accessed faster than and reach sufficien...

One of the ways figurative expression thought with help linguistic means is metaphor. The article discusses role metaphor in perception world; basis for formation metaphors new meanings and concepts.

Recent emphases on differences between metaphors and similes pose a quandary. The two forms clearly differ in strength, but often seem to require similar interpretations. In Experiment 1 we show that ratings of comprehensibility are highly correlated across simile and metaphor sentences differing only in the presence or absence of “like”. In Experiment 2 we show that comprehensibility ratings f...

We argue that, from the perspective of a language-endowed social intelligent agent, processing metaphor – and figurative language in general – is an epiphenomenon of an agent’s ability to learn lexical senses on the fly and to postpone or disregard analysis of parts of input without compromising its functioning. This work is a step toward developing an explanatory theory of why people often ope...

Previous research indicates severe disabilities in processing figurative language in people diagnosed on the autism spectrum disorders. However, this aspect of language comprehension in Asperger syndrome (AS) specifically has rarely been the subject of formal study. The present study aimed to examine the possibility that in addition to their pragmatic deficits, the difficulties in the comprehen...

The study aimed to identify the types of similes woman and man in Bible book, Song Songs, their underlying principal metaphor. While Songs Songs’ figurative language is commonly analyzed through lens historical pure literary approaches, authors it using cognitive linguistics framework. Qualitative content analysis was employed as method. findings showed that (35) outnumbered (12), they grouped ...