Lawrence Birnbaum
Biographic Data
| ID | 8924030 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence Birnbaum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence |
| FAMILY NAME | Birnbaum |
| SIGNATURE | BIRNBAUM L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Inferential Memory and Linguistic Creativity
Metaphor seems, in many ways, the linguistic reflection of the fundamentally analogical nature of human memory and understanding. It follows that the processes involved in the comprehension of metaphor are not fundamentally different from those used in the comprehension of language that would normally be deemed literal. In this article, I examine those processes in the context of the task of correctly interpreting vague utterances and argue that …
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Inferential Memory and Linguistic Creativity
Metaphor seems, in many ways, the linguistic reflection of the fundamentally analogical nature of human memory and understanding. It follows that the processes involved in the comprehension of metaphor are not fundamentally different from those used in the comprehension of language that would normally be deemed literal. In this article, I examine those processes in the context of the task of correctly interpreting vague utterances and argue that …
Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Categorization, perception, and language (1 work) · Cognitive science (1 work) · Comprehension (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Creativity (1 work) · History (1 work) · Inference (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work)