Metaphors based on perceptual similarity are considered to be one of the hallmarks of creativity. We propose here an image-based retrieval system for generating pairs of perceptually similar images. A number of examples of images paired by the system are presented and discussed. Often, these images are conceptually very different, and hence can serve as anchors for perceptual metaphors that cre...

Conceptual metaphors provide in linguistic form the information that is mapped between two knowledge domains. The examination of conceptual metaphors has always involved a comparison of target and source mappings. However, defining what should be included in any one domain is a difficult issue. This paper claims that patterns in conceptual metaphor mappings can be found by first identifying the...

We present and evaluate an approach to the reasoning needed to handle a broad class of metaphorical utterances, and a computer program (ATT-Meta) partially implementing and further specifying that approach. The approach emanates from artificial intelligence but is offered also for consideration by cognitive scientists generally. The utterances of interest are ones that (a) rest on conceptual me...

Der Artikel stellt den Zusammenhang zwischen Körpermetaphorik und der EmbodimentThese in Frage. Als erstes werde ich einige Gründe für die Unklarheiten im Gebrauch des Begriffs „embodiment“ (wie auch „embodied mind“ und „embodied cognition“) darlegen und zeigen, wie weit oder wie eng eine für die Kognitive Linguistik fruchtbare Definition sein sollte. Als zweites werde ich nach dem Status einer...

The paper considers the critical problem of contrastive analysis conceptual metaphors underlying conceptualization Biblical (the Pentateuch) realia in English and Ukrainian discourse within cognitive- discoursive framework. complex methodology used research is based on procedures developed works A. Barcelona, E. V. Budaiev, P. Chudynov. It allowed, first, establishing systematizing (based sourc...

Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2016; 10: 7 Abstract Belonging to groups and relating to other groups are central parts of our lives, but they confront us with abstract ideas (e.g., identity and power) and nebulous feelings. To make sense of it all, people rely on conceptual metaphors: cognitive tools that ground abstractions in dissimilar, more concrete ideas that are easier to grasp...

This thesis makes a deep analysis of conceptual metaphor in western commercial advertisements and aims to deepen the understanding of the nature and manifestations of metaphor, to make it clear how conceptual metaphor works effectively in advertising for the purpose of persuading the audience into buying the products advertised, and to help Chinese advertisers realize the important roles of con...