Christina L Gagné
Biographic Data
| ID | 4325560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina L Gagné |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina L |
| FAMILY NAME | Gagné |
| SIGNATURE | GAGNÉ C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-5838-1766 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Consequences of morpheme access during the comprehension and production of three types of pseudo-compounds
Factors that Influence the Processing of Noun-Noun Metaphors
We analyzed the processing of noun-noun metaphors (e.g., velvet lips), which have been relatively understudied, compared to other types of figurative expressions, such as X is Y metaphors (e.g., Her lips are velvet) and similes (e.g., Her lips are like velvet). Experiment 1 revealed that noun-noun metaphors are semantically comparable to X is Y metaphors and similes, in the sense that the figurative meaning stays the same across these three diffe…
Is buttercup a kind of cup? Hyponymy and semantic transparency in compound words
From the Sea to the Sky: Metaphorically Mapping Water to Air
Countless conceptual metaphors related to human experience (e.g., LIFE IS A JOURNEY) have been identified and discussed in the literature. In most conceptual metaphors, a concrete, experiential source domain (e.g., JOURNEY) is used as a basis for partially structuring a more abstract target domain (e.g., LIFE). However, in some conceptual metaphors, concrete source domains (e.g., FLUID) structure target domains that are also concrete (e.g., LIGHT…
The Human Person: What Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas Offer Modern Psychology
This book introduces the Aristotelian-Thomistic view of the human person to a contemporary audience, and reviews the ways in which this view could provide a philosophically sound foundation for modern psychology. The book presents the current state of psychology and offers critiques of the current philosophical foundations. In its presentation of the fundamental metaphysical commitments of the Aristotelian-Thomistic view, it places the human bein…
Written production of English compounds: Effects of Morphology and Semantic Transparency
Concepts in Aristotle and Aquinas: Implications for current theoretical approaches.
Children's preference for HAS and Located relations: A word learning bias for noun–noun compounds
The present study investigates children's bias when interpreting novel noun–noun compounds (e.g. kig donka ) that refer to combinations of novel objects (kig and donka). More specifically, it investigates children's understanding of modifier–head relations of the compounds and their preference for HAS or LOCATED relations (e.g. a donka that HAS a kig or a donka that is LOCATED near a kig) rather than a FOR relation (e.g. a donka that is used FOR …
How the parts relate to the whole: Frequency effects on children's interpretations of novel compounds
This study explores different frequency effects on children's interpretations of novel noun–noun compounds (e.g. egg bag as ‘bag FOR eggs’). We investigated whether four- to five-year-olds and adults use their knowledge of related compounds and their modifier–head relations (e.g. sandwich bag (FOR ) or egg white (PART-OF )) when explaining the meaning of novel compounds and/or whether they are affected by overall frequency of modifier–head relati…
Sentential Context and the Interpretation of Familiar Open-Compounds and Novel Modifier-Noun Phrases
Two experiments investigated the influence of sentential context on the relative ease of deriving a particular meaning for novel and familiar compounds. Experiment 1 determined which of two possible meanings was preferred for a set of novel phrases. Experiment 2 used both novel (e.g., brain sponge) and familiar compounds (e.g., bug spray). The compounds appeared in a sentential context that supported either the dominant or subdominant meaning. Ne…
Metaphoric Interpretations of Comparison-Based Combinations
Three experiments demonstrate that the interpretation of comparison-based combinations (e.g., "trumpet voice") is influenced by the same factors that influence the processing of metaphors (e.g., "Some voices are trumpets"). Specifically, aptness (the degree to which a statement expresses important features of the topic), expectancy (whether the meaning corresponds to a semantic dimension that is highly expected in the head noun, i.e., voice), and…
Effect of Priming on the Comprehension of Predicative Metaphors
We examine the relative influence of intra- and extrasentential context on comprehension time for metaphorical statements of the form "Some X are Y." Two intrasentential factors were manipulated. First, the ground of the metaphor corresponded to a semantic dimension of the subject noun that was either highly expected or not based on normative data. Second, the ground was either a high or low salient feature of the predicate noun. Extrasentential …
Influence of discourse context on feature availability in conceptual combination
Four experiments investigated the comprehension of combined concepts (e.g., peeled apple) in discourse by having people verify features that were true of the phrase (e.g., white) or true of noun (e.g., round). Phrase features were verified more accurately than noun features when the combinations were presented in a neutral context (Experiment 1). In Experiments 2 and 3, the discourse context was constructed to alter the given‐new structure of the…
Sentential Context and the Interpretation of Familiar Open-Compounds and Novel Modifier-Noun Phrases
Two experiments investigated the influence of sentential context on the relative ease of deriving a particular meaning for novel and familiar compounds. Experiment 1 determined which of two possible meanings was preferred for a set of novel phrases. Experiment 2 used both novel (e.g., brain sponge) and familiar compounds (e.g., bug spray). The compounds appeared in a sentential context that supported either the dominant or subdominant meaning. Ne…
Written production of English compounds: Effects of Morphology and Semantic Transparency
Influence of discourse context on feature availability in conceptual combination
Four experiments investigated the comprehension of combined concepts (e.g., peeled apple) in discourse by having people verify features that were true of the phrase (e.g., white) or true of noun (e.g., round). Phrase features were verified more accurately than noun features when the combinations were presented in a neutral context (Experiment 1). In Experiments 2 and 3, the discourse context was constructed to alter the given‐new structure of the…
Effect of Priming on the Comprehension of Predicative Metaphors
We examine the relative influence of intra- and extrasentential context on comprehension time for metaphorical statements of the form "Some X are Y." Two intrasentential factors were manipulated. First, the ground of the metaphor corresponded to a semantic dimension of the subject noun that was either highly expected or not based on normative data. Second, the ground was either a high or low salient feature of the predicate noun. Extrasentential …
Influence of discourse context on feature availability in conceptual combination
Four experiments investigated the comprehension of combined concepts (e.g., peeled apple) in discourse by having people verify features that were true of the phrase (e.g., white) or true of noun (e.g., round). Phrase features were verified more accurately than noun features when the combinations were presented in a neutral context (Experiment 1). In Experiments 2 and 3, the discourse context was constructed to alter the given‐new structure of the…
Metaphoric Interpretations of Comparison-Based Combinations
Three experiments demonstrate that the interpretation of comparison-based combinations (e.g., "trumpet voice") is influenced by the same factors that influence the processing of metaphors (e.g., "Some voices are trumpets"). Specifically, aptness (the degree to which a statement expresses important features of the topic), expectancy (whether the meaning corresponds to a semantic dimension that is highly expected in the head noun, i.e., voice), and…
Sentential Context and the Interpretation of Familiar Open-Compounds and Novel Modifier-Noun Phrases
Two experiments investigated the influence of sentential context on the relative ease of deriving a particular meaning for novel and familiar compounds. Experiment 1 determined which of two possible meanings was preferred for a set of novel phrases. Experiment 2 used both novel (e.g., brain sponge) and familiar compounds (e.g., bug spray). The compounds appeared in a sentential context that supported either the dominant or subdominant meaning. Ne…
How the parts relate to the whole: Frequency effects on children's interpretations of novel compounds
This study explores different frequency effects on children's interpretations of novel noun–noun compounds (e.g. egg bag as ‘bag FOR eggs’). We investigated whether four- to five-year-olds and adults use their knowledge of related compounds and their modifier–head relations (e.g. sandwich bag (FOR ) or egg white (PART-OF )) when explaining the meaning of novel compounds and/or whether they are affected by overall frequency of modifier–head relati…
Children's preference for HAS and Located relations: A word learning bias for noun–noun compounds
The present study investigates children's bias when interpreting novel noun–noun compounds (e.g. kig donka ) that refer to combinations of novel objects (kig and donka). More specifically, it investigates children's understanding of modifier–head relations of the compounds and their preference for HAS or LOCATED relations (e.g. a donka that HAS a kig or a donka that is LOCATED near a kig) rather than a FOR relation (e.g. a donka that is used FOR …
Concepts in Aristotle and Aquinas: Implications for current theoretical approaches.
Written production of English compounds: Effects of Morphology and Semantic Transparency
The Human Person: What Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas Offer Modern Psychology
This book introduces the Aristotelian-Thomistic view of the human person to a contemporary audience, and reviews the ways in which this view could provide a philosophically sound foundation for modern psychology. The book presents the current state of psychology and offers critiques of the current philosophical foundations. In its presentation of the fundamental metaphysical commitments of the Aristotelian-Thomistic view, it places the human bein…
Is buttercup a kind of cup? Hyponymy and semantic transparency in compound words
From the Sea to the Sky: Metaphorically Mapping Water to Air
Countless conceptual metaphors related to human experience (e.g., LIFE IS A JOURNEY) have been identified and discussed in the literature. In most conceptual metaphors, a concrete, experiential source domain (e.g., JOURNEY) is used as a basis for partially structuring a more abstract target domain (e.g., LIFE). However, in some conceptual metaphors, concrete source domains (e.g., FLUID) structure target domains that are also concrete (e.g., LIGHT…
Factors that Influence the Processing of Noun-Noun Metaphors
We analyzed the processing of noun-noun metaphors (e.g., velvet lips), which have been relatively understudied, compared to other types of figurative expressions, such as X is Y metaphors (e.g., Her lips are velvet) and similes (e.g., Her lips are like velvet). Experiment 1 revealed that noun-noun metaphors are semantically comparable to X is Y metaphors and similes, in the sense that the figurative meaning stays the same across these three diffe…
Consequences of morpheme access during the comprehension and production of three types of pseudo-compounds
Linguistics (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Noun (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works) · Natural language processing (5 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works)