This paper advocates a microfeature based approach towards developing computationalmodels for metaphor interpretation. It is argued that the existing models based on semantic networks and mappings of complex symbolic structures are insu cient and inappropriate for modeling metaphors. A connectionist model of metaphor interpretation based on microfeatures is presented, which tries to take into a...

This paper explores the semantic properties and extension paths of modern Mandarin Chinese spatial terms nei4內‘in, inside’ and wai4外‘out, outside’. Their symmetric and asymmetric contrasts are accounted for with idealized cognitive models (ICMs) and metonymic models. These models are used to delineate the core meaning and main meaning extension routes of nei4 and wai4: from the area of a region...

Objective: Verbal fluency is a cognitive function that can be easily assessed in bedside and provide useful data for clinical assessment of a variety of cognitive functions. We decided to provide a standardized test for the assessment of verbal fluency in Persian language, including both phonemic and semantic fluency subtests.  Method: First, three letters (P, D, and Sh) and three categories (...

Teasing apart the role of cognitive and linguistic factors in children's metaphorical abilities. ABSTRACT Metaphor plays a unique role in cognitive development by structuring abstract concepts and leading to conceptual change. Existing work suggests early emergence of metaphorical abilities, with five-year-olds understanding and explaining metaphors that involve cross-domain comparisons (e.g., ...

A retrospective analysis of cognitive behavior modification reveals that 3 major metaphors have been offered to explain the role that cognitions play in behavior change. These metaphors include cognition as a form of conditioning, information processing, and, currently, narrative construction. The implications of using each of these metaphors are discussed.

The paper discusses stylistic techniques and means of creating a language game on the example novel “I am not Pan Jinlian” (2012) by Liu Zhenyun. emphasis is search for new orderings in within framework artistic universe. Studies Zhenyun’s discourse today are included various linguistic, literaryand cultural landscapes, but they fragmentary nature presented, as rule, local material. language, f...

Conventional methods have been criticized for their positivist philosophy and for either ignoring the organizational context of information systems development (ISD) or using only a simplistic, machine-based conceptual model of organizations. We have developed an approach to enable systems developers to use a richer view of organizations and a more interpretive approach. MultiMetaphor Method (M...

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-base...