Metaphor comprehension: A computational theory

Metaphor comprehension: a computational theory.

Metaphor comprehension involves an interaction between the meaning of the topic and the vehicle terms of the metaphor. Meaning is represented by vectors in a high-dimensional semantic space. Predication modifies the topic vector by merging it with selected features of the vehicle vector. The resulting metaphor vector can be evaluated by comparing it with known landmarks in the semantic space. T...

Computational Exploration of Metaphor Comprehension Processes

A central question in metaphor research is what processes are involved in metaphor comprehension, especially which of comparison and categorization processes governs metaphor comprehension. In this paper, I attempt to provide a computational solution to this problem using comparison and categorization algorithms based on word vectors in a multidimensional semantic space constructed by latent se...

Toward a Computational Theory of Conceptual Metaphor

This paper provides a framework to construct a computational model of conceptual metaphor. We first analyze how conceptual metaphor is described by Algebraic Semiotic at linguistic level and by Institutional Theory (an abstract model theory) at a general logical level. By the Logic of Determination of Objects, which has been used in a system of semantic annotation and in a building ontologies s...

Epistemological Pitfalls in Metaphor Comprehension: A Comparison of Three Models and a New Theory of Metaphor

Metaphor comprehension : What makes a metaphor difficult to understand ?

Comprehension difficulty was rated for metaphors of the form Noun1-is-aNoun2; in addition, participants completed frames of the form Noun1-is-________ with their literal interpretation of the metaphor. Metaphor comprehension was simulated with a computational model based on Latent Semantic Analysis. The model matched participants’ interpretations for both easy and difficult metaphors. When inte...