Preschoolers and adults learn from novel metaphors
Although adults use metaphors to guide their thinking and reasoning, less is known about
whether metaphors might facilitate cognition earlier in development. Previous research …
whether metaphors might facilitate cognition earlier in development. Previous research …
Probing the representational structure of regular polysemy via sense analogy questions: Insights from contextual word vectors
J Li, BC Armstrong - Cognitive Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Regular polysemes are sets of ambiguous words that all share the same relationship
between their meanings, such as CHICKEN and LOBSTER both referring to an animal or its …
between their meanings, such as CHICKEN and LOBSTER both referring to an animal or its …
Preschoolers and adults metonymically extend proper names to owned objects
Three preregistered experiments, conducted in 2021, investigated whether English‐
speaking American preschoolers (N= 120; 4–6 years; 54 females, predominantly White) and …
speaking American preschoolers (N= 120; 4–6 years; 54 females, predominantly White) and …
Metonymy as a universal cognitive phenomenon: evidence from multilingual lexicons
Metonymy is regarded as a universally shared cognitive phenomenon; as such, humans are
taken to effortlessly produce and comprehend metonymic senses. However, experimental …
taken to effortlessly produce and comprehend metonymic senses. However, experimental …
Preschoolers' comprehension of functional metaphors
Previous work suggests that preschoolers often misunderstand metaphors. However, some
recent studies demonstrate that preschoolers can represent abstract relations, suggesting …
recent studies demonstrate that preschoolers can represent abstract relations, suggesting …
Semantic minimalism and the continuous nature of polysemy
J Li - Mind & Language, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polysemy has recently emerged as a popular topic in philosophy of language. While much
existing research focuses on the relatedness among senses, this article introduces a novel …
existing research focuses on the relatedness among senses, this article introduces a novel …
Referential metonymy: Cognitive bases and communicative functions
JES Bowerman - 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Referential metonymy is a variety of figurative usage wherein our apprehension of relations
of contiguity (eg the 'distinctive property-individual'relation) is exploited in order to pick out a …
of contiguity (eg the 'distinctive property-individual'relation) is exploited in order to pick out a …
Probing the representational structure of regular polysemy in a contextual word embedding model via sense analogy questions
J Li, BC Armstrong - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the …, 2023 - escholarship.org
Regular polysemes are sets of ambiguous words that all share the same relationship
between their meanings, such as CHICKEN and LOBSTER both referring to an animal or its …
between their meanings, such as CHICKEN and LOBSTER both referring to an animal or its …
Providing explanations shifts preschoolers' metaphor preferences
In order to learn from metaphors, children must not only be able to understand metaphors,
but also appreciate their relative informativeness. Although functional metaphors based on …
but also appreciate their relative informativeness. Although functional metaphors based on …
Preschoolers and adults make inferences from novel metaphors
Historically, metaphors have facilitated creative change across multiple disparate domains.
Similarly, human adults use metaphors to guide their everyday thinking and reasoning …
Similarly, human adults use metaphors to guide their everyday thinking and reasoning …