2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An exploration of the cognitive mechanism of metaphor comprehension and appreciation considering extra-metaphorical factors
| Project/Area Number |
23300098
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | The University of Electro-Communications |
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Principal Investigator |
UTSUMI Akira 電気通信大学, 情報理工学(系)研究科, 教授 (30251664)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKAMOTO Maki 電気通信大学, 大学院・報理工学研究科, 准教授 (80302826)
NAKAMOTO Keiko 文教大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (50329033)
TAIRA Tomohiro 大阪市立大学, 大学教育研究センター, 特任講師 (80595687)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 比喩 / 言語理解 / 認知心理学 / 心理実験 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this project, we empirically demonstrated that both prototypical and less prototypical members of the intended property are searched for a vehicle during the production of literary
nominal metaphors, while only prototypical members are considered to generate explanatory nominal metaphors. We also revealed that, when metaphors have vehicles with neutral meanings, adjective metaphors are more likely to evoke negative meanings than nominal and predicative metaphors, and the meaning evaluation (positiveness) of adjective metaphors is negatively correlated with the degree of poeticality. In addition, it was found that individuals with high working-memory capacity may comprehend a nominal metaphor more easily than those with low working-memory capacity, but definitive evidence was not obtained
for the effect of working memory capacity on metaphor comprehension.
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