Abhiruchi Ojha
Biographic Data
| ID | 828927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhiruchi Ojha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhiruchi |
| FAMILY NAME | Ojha |
| SIGNATURE | OJHA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Jammu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1079-2270 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gesture inhibition and emotional content selectively modulate long silent pauses in autobiographical narratives
Gestures and silent pauses are fundamental in comprehension and communication of emotional speech. While previous research has examined gesture inhibition primarily in neutral or fictional speech tasks with mixed findings, an empirical study on the effect of gesture inhibition on silent pause behaviour during personal emotional autobiographical narratives is yet not examined. The present study addresses this gap. Thirty participants (15 gesture-r…
Transhumance Pastoralism and Multispecies Mutuality: Analyzing the Embodied Space of Triangulation in Gujjars and Bakerwals
Transhumance pastoralism, rooted in collective multispecies mobility, is a cultural practice of humans and animals moving together and temporarily creating a habitat. Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoral tribe of Jammu and Kashmir, practice transhumance pastoralism. As a case study, we explore the unique character of this habitat as an embodied space of triangulation co-constituted by coexistence of three distinct ecological beings: hu…
Postpositional locative expressions in Dogri: A syntactic-semantic analysis of spatial, directional, and temporal relations
India’s linguistic diversity encompasses twenty-two constitutionally recognized languages, each characterized by rich morphology, extensive inflectional properties, and relatively free word order. Among these, Dogri, an Indo-Aryan language with a Subject–Object–Verb (SOV) structure, stands out for its use of postpositions instead of prepositions to convey spatial relations, a feature that sets it apart from languages like English and Russian. Thi…
Uprooted when settled: Koonj and Kuku in the changing migrating identity of Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoralist of Jammu and Kashmir
From words to worlds: Language, identity, and transgenerational change in Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoral tribe of Jammu and Kashmir
Does Democracy Help Africa? An Inquiry Into Multiparty Democracy, Political Settlement, and Economic Development in Africa , by Martin Koper
An experimental study on the effect of emotion lines in comics
Both mainstream and art comics often use various flourishes surrounding characters' heads. These so-called "pictorial runes" (also called "emanata") help convey the emotional states of the characters. In this paper, using (manipulated) panels from Western and Indian comic albums as well as neutral emoticons and basic shapes in different colors, we focus on the following two issues: (a) whether runes increase the awareness in comics readers about …
Imago Dei: Metaphorical conceptualization of pictorial artworks within a participant-based framework
This article presents an exploratory analysis of the metaphoric structure of five artistic paintings within “Think aloud” protocols, in which a group of 14 English speakers with a low self-rated level of expertise in art and history of art expertise were asked to verbalize all their thoughts, ideas and impressions of the artworks. The main findings of this study can be summarized as follows: (1) multiple interpretations for the same artwork are p…
Are Hybrid Pictorial Metaphors Perceived More Strongly Than Pictorial Similes
The present study examines the relationship between pictorial similes and hybrid pictorial metaphors. The results suggest that hybrid pictorial metaphors are perceived more strongly than pictorial similes when they are presented on their own and in corrective convention but not when they are verbalized. We argue that hybrid pictorial metaphors have transformational effects as the fusion of two concepts allow the reader to see one thing in terms o…
Interpreting Visual Metaphors: Asymmetry and Reversibility
In a verbal metaphor, the target and the source domains can usually be distinguished clearly, and some features of the source domain are mapped to the target domain, and not vice versa. This asymmetry of metaphor has been acknowledged in conceptual metaphor theory, as well as in interaction theory. However, the asymmetry of visual metaphor, in which concepts are depicted in images, is debated in the existing literature. The authors argue that the…
An Empirical Study on the Role of Perceptual Similarity in Visual Metaphors and Creativity
We investigate the role of perceptual similarity in visual metaphor comprehension process. In visual metaphors, perceptual features of the source and the target are objectively present as images. Moreover, to determine perceptual similarity, we use an image-based search system that computes similarity based on low-level perceptual features. We hypothesize that perceptual similarity at the level of color, shape, texture, orientation, and the like,…
China’s Changing Role in Sudan: Economic Engagements and Beyond
Interpreting Visual Metaphors: Asymmetry and Reversibility
In a verbal metaphor, the target and the source domains can usually be distinguished clearly, and some features of the source domain are mapped to the target domain, and not vice versa. This asymmetry of metaphor has been acknowledged in conceptual metaphor theory, as well as in interaction theory. However, the asymmetry of visual metaphor, in which concepts are depicted in images, is debated in the existing literature. The authors argue that the…
Uprooted when settled: Koonj and Kuku in the changing migrating identity of Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoralist of Jammu and Kashmir
An experimental study on the effect of emotion lines in comics
Both mainstream and art comics often use various flourishes surrounding characters' heads. These so-called "pictorial runes" (also called "emanata") help convey the emotional states of the characters. In this paper, using (manipulated) panels from Western and Indian comic albums as well as neutral emoticons and basic shapes in different colors, we focus on the following two issues: (a) whether runes increase the awareness in comics readers about …
China’s Changing Role in Sudan: Economic Engagements and Beyond
An Empirical Study on the Role of Perceptual Similarity in Visual Metaphors and Creativity
We investigate the role of perceptual similarity in visual metaphor comprehension process. In visual metaphors, perceptual features of the source and the target are objectively present as images. Moreover, to determine perceptual similarity, we use an image-based search system that computes similarity based on low-level perceptual features. We hypothesize that perceptual similarity at the level of color, shape, texture, orientation, and the like,…
Interpreting Visual Metaphors: Asymmetry and Reversibility
In a verbal metaphor, the target and the source domains can usually be distinguished clearly, and some features of the source domain are mapped to the target domain, and not vice versa. This asymmetry of metaphor has been acknowledged in conceptual metaphor theory, as well as in interaction theory. However, the asymmetry of visual metaphor, in which concepts are depicted in images, is debated in the existing literature. The authors argue that the…
Are Hybrid Pictorial Metaphors Perceived More Strongly Than Pictorial Similes
The present study examines the relationship between pictorial similes and hybrid pictorial metaphors. The results suggest that hybrid pictorial metaphors are perceived more strongly than pictorial similes when they are presented on their own and in corrective convention but not when they are verbalized. We argue that hybrid pictorial metaphors have transformational effects as the fusion of two concepts allow the reader to see one thing in terms o…
Imago Dei: Metaphorical conceptualization of pictorial artworks within a participant-based framework
This article presents an exploratory analysis of the metaphoric structure of five artistic paintings within “Think aloud” protocols, in which a group of 14 English speakers with a low self-rated level of expertise in art and history of art expertise were asked to verbalize all their thoughts, ideas and impressions of the artworks. The main findings of this study can be summarized as follows: (1) multiple interpretations for the same artwork are p…
An experimental study on the effect of emotion lines in comics
Both mainstream and art comics often use various flourishes surrounding characters' heads. These so-called "pictorial runes" (also called "emanata") help convey the emotional states of the characters. In this paper, using (manipulated) panels from Western and Indian comic albums as well as neutral emoticons and basic shapes in different colors, we focus on the following two issues: (a) whether runes increase the awareness in comics readers about …
Does Democracy Help Africa? An Inquiry Into Multiparty Democracy, Political Settlement, and Economic Development in Africa , by Martin Koper
Postpositional locative expressions in Dogri: A syntactic-semantic analysis of spatial, directional, and temporal relations
India’s linguistic diversity encompasses twenty-two constitutionally recognized languages, each characterized by rich morphology, extensive inflectional properties, and relatively free word order. Among these, Dogri, an Indo-Aryan language with a Subject–Object–Verb (SOV) structure, stands out for its use of postpositions instead of prepositions to convey spatial relations, a feature that sets it apart from languages like English and Russian. Thi…
Uprooted when settled: Koonj and Kuku in the changing migrating identity of Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoralist of Jammu and Kashmir
From words to worlds: Language, identity, and transgenerational change in Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoral tribe of Jammu and Kashmir
Gesture inhibition and emotional content selectively modulate long silent pauses in autobiographical narratives
Gestures and silent pauses are fundamental in comprehension and communication of emotional speech. While previous research has examined gesture inhibition primarily in neutral or fictional speech tasks with mixed findings, an empirical study on the effect of gesture inhibition on silent pause behaviour during personal emotional autobiographical narratives is yet not examined. The present study addresses this gap. Thirty participants (15 gesture-r…
Transhumance Pastoralism and Multispecies Mutuality: Analyzing the Embodied Space of Triangulation in Gujjars and Bakerwals
Transhumance pastoralism, rooted in collective multispecies mobility, is a cultural practice of humans and animals moving together and temporarily creating a habitat. Gujjars and Bakerwals, the transhumant pastoral tribe of Jammu and Kashmir, practice transhumance pastoralism. As a case study, we explore the unique character of this habitat as an embodied space of triangulation co-constituted by coexistence of three distinct ecological beings: hu…
Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 works) · Metaphor (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (3 works)