How polysemy affects concreteness ratings: The case of metaphor
| Autor: | Marianna Bolognesi, W. Gudrun Reijnierse, Christian Burgers, Tina Krennmayr |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Communication Science, Network Institute, Communication Choices, Content and Consequences (CCCC), Communication, Reijnierse W.G., Burgers C., Bolognesi M., Krennmayr T. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Adolescent Metaphor Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject Persuasive Communication Ratings Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Concreteness Semantics Literal and figurative language 050105 experimental psychology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Artificial Intelligence Noun Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Quality (business) Meaning (existential) Polysemy Concretene Aged Language media_common Brief Report 05 social sciences Middle Aged Familiarity Language & Communication Brief Reports Female Psychology Norming data 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Cognitive Science, 43(8):e12779, 1-11. Wiley-Blackwell Cognitive Science, 43 Reijnierse, W G, Burgers, C, Bolognesi, M & Krennmayr, T 2019, ' How polysemy affects concreteness ratings : The case of metaphor ', Cognitive Science, vol. 43, no. 8, e12779, pp. 1-11 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12779 Cognitive Science Cognitive Science, 43, 8 |
| ISSN: | 0364-0213 |
| Popis: | Concreteness ratings are frequently used in a variety of disciplines to operationalize differences between concrete and abstract words and concepts. However, most ratings studies present items in isolation, thereby overlooking the potential polysemy of words. Consequently, ratings for polysemous words may be conflated, causing a threat to the validity of concreteness‐ratings studies. This is particularly relevant to metaphorical words, which typically describe something abstract in terms of something more concrete. To investigate whether perceived concreteness ratings differ for metaphorical versus non‐metaphorical word meanings, we obtained concreteness ratings for 96 English nouns from 230 participants. Results show that nouns are perceived as less concrete when a metaphorical (versus non‐metaphorical) meaning is triggered. We thus recommend taking metaphoricity into account in future concreteness‐ratings studies to further improve the quality and reliability of such studies, as well as the consistency of the empirical studies that rely on these ratings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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