Ana Werkmann Horvat
Biographic Data
| ID | 970842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Werkmann Horvat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana Werkmann |
| FAMILY NAME | Horvat |
| SIGNATURE | HORVAT A W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Osijek |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0720-2575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transgender graphic memoirs
Emma Grove’s The Third Person (2022) and LB Lee’s All in the Family (2020) are trans graphic memoirs that depict the process of recovering repressed memories of traumatic events through drawing. The memoirs focus on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) but deviate from the conventions of older DID memoirs such as having a psychiatrist as a focalizer and pathologizing plurality. Grove’s and Lee’s work also differs from mainstream trans life writin…
Early acquisition of figurative meanings in polysemous nouns and verbs
Early research on the first language acquisition of figurative language indicated that figurative language comprehension and production skills develop relatively late, while recent studies contest this view. This study explores early production of metaphorical (e.g., shark meaning a rapacious crafty person ) and metonymic (e.g., house meaning an organisation ) meanings in English polysemous nouns and verbs by using the Braunwald corpus, which tra…
Trans/national(ism) in Chinese Trans Memoir
Two Chinese trans memoirs, Jin Xing's Shanghai Tango (2007) and Lei Ming's Life Beyond My Body (2016), present different possibilities of transnationality and transnormativity within the Chinese context of the pre-Covid-19 era. While both memoirs follow a Western structure of traditional trans memoirs, their embracing of Marxist and nationalist rhetoric or Christian concepts of the body present a significant departure from the traditional Western…
Attention to the source domain of conventional metaphorical expressions
This study investigates whether the metaphorical status of conventional expressions can be reactivated when elements of the source domain are present in the context. In indirect metaphors the source domain (or literal meaning) is not expressed (e.g., The father cut the budget). The literal meaning of cutting remains latently encoded in the predicate and readers' attention is not required to move from the finance domain to the domain of physical c…
Comprehension of different types of novel metaphors in monolinguals and multilinguals
It has been suggested that multilingualism can lead to increased cognitive flexibility and creativity. No studies to date, however, have investigated whether this advantage leads to a greater propensity to find meaning in different kinds of novel metaphors. This article reports a self-paced reading study that focuses on whether such an increased propensity is displayed by multilingual English speakers, as opposed to monolingual English speakers. …
Creativity is a Toaster
This article investigates the connection between multilingual experiences and creative metaphoric competence. As multilingualism has been shownto bring cognitive advantages in creative thinking, this article explores whether the ability to interpret creative metaphors differs in participants with less versus more multilingual experience. The results of a self-paced reading study combined with a sensicality judgment showed that people with less ve…
Processing of literal and metaphorical meanings in polysemous verbs
The status of conventional metaphorical meaning in the L2 lexicon
This paper investigates how L2 speakers of English process conventional metaphorical expressions. While much of the literature on L2 processing of figurative expressions focuses on idioms only, the aim of this paper is to investigate how L2 speakers process conventional metaphorical expressions. The results of a cross-modal semantic priming task show that conventional metaphors have a special status in comparison to literal language in the L2 lex…
Unfixing the Prefix in Life-Writing Studies
Recently, trans has taken on a number of important theoretical and critical meanings inside and outside the academy. It is a prefix that conveys the send of “across, through, over, to or on the oth
Tranimacies and Affective Trans Embodiment in Nina Arsenault's Silicone Diaries and Cassils's Becoming an Image
In Nina Arsenault's Silicone Diaries and Cassils's Becoming an Image, the artists perform trans embodiment through engaging with the animacy of silicone and clay. Arsenault and Cassils work toward defining trans embodiment as affective entanglements with (in)animate objects and foreground trans agency, creation, and movement
What's Next for Trans Life Writing
Auto|biography studies has not yet caught up with the swift changes in trans communities such as increased media presence, increased violence, and a focus on intersectionality and nonbinary identit
The status of conventional metaphorical meaning in the L2 lexicon
This paper investigates how L2 speakers of English process conventional metaphorical expressions. While much of the literature on L2 processing of figurative expressions focuses on idioms only, the aim of this paper is to investigate how L2 speakers process conventional metaphorical expressions. The results of a cross-modal semantic priming task show that conventional metaphors have a special status in comparison to literal language in the L2 lex…
Unfixing the Prefix in Life-Writing Studies
Recently, trans has taken on a number of important theoretical and critical meanings inside and outside the academy. It is a prefix that conveys the send of “across, through, over, to or on the oth
Tranimacies and Affective Trans Embodiment in Nina Arsenault's Silicone Diaries and Cassils's Becoming an Image
In Nina Arsenault's Silicone Diaries and Cassils's Becoming an Image, the artists perform trans embodiment through engaging with the animacy of silicone and clay. Arsenault and Cassils work toward defining trans embodiment as affective entanglements with (in)animate objects and foreground trans agency, creation, and movement
What's Next for Trans Life Writing
Auto|biography studies has not yet caught up with the swift changes in trans communities such as increased media presence, increased violence, and a focus on intersectionality and nonbinary identit
Tranimacies and Affective Trans Embodiment in Nina Arsenault's Silicone Diaries and Cassils's Becoming an Image
In Nina Arsenault's Silicone Diaries and Cassils's Becoming an Image, the artists perform trans embodiment through engaging with the animacy of silicone and clay. Arsenault and Cassils work toward defining trans embodiment as affective entanglements with (in)animate objects and foreground trans agency, creation, and movement
Unfixing the Prefix in Life-Writing Studies
Recently, trans has taken on a number of important theoretical and critical meanings inside and outside the academy. It is a prefix that conveys the send of “across, through, over, to or on the oth
Creativity is a Toaster
This article investigates the connection between multilingual experiences and creative metaphoric competence. As multilingualism has been shownto bring cognitive advantages in creative thinking, this article explores whether the ability to interpret creative metaphors differs in participants with less versus more multilingual experience. The results of a self-paced reading study combined with a sensicality judgment showed that people with less ve…
Processing of literal and metaphorical meanings in polysemous verbs
The status of conventional metaphorical meaning in the L2 lexicon
This paper investigates how L2 speakers of English process conventional metaphorical expressions. While much of the literature on L2 processing of figurative expressions focuses on idioms only, the aim of this paper is to investigate how L2 speakers process conventional metaphorical expressions. The results of a cross-modal semantic priming task show that conventional metaphors have a special status in comparison to literal language in the L2 lex…
Comprehension of different types of novel metaphors in monolinguals and multilinguals
It has been suggested that multilingualism can lead to increased cognitive flexibility and creativity. No studies to date, however, have investigated whether this advantage leads to a greater propensity to find meaning in different kinds of novel metaphors. This article reports a self-paced reading study that focuses on whether such an increased propensity is displayed by multilingual English speakers, as opposed to monolingual English speakers. …
Attention to the source domain of conventional metaphorical expressions
This study investigates whether the metaphorical status of conventional expressions can be reactivated when elements of the source domain are present in the context. In indirect metaphors the source domain (or literal meaning) is not expressed (e.g., The father cut the budget). The literal meaning of cutting remains latently encoded in the predicate and readers' attention is not required to move from the finance domain to the domain of physical c…
Early acquisition of figurative meanings in polysemous nouns and verbs
Early research on the first language acquisition of figurative language indicated that figurative language comprehension and production skills develop relatively late, while recent studies contest this view. This study explores early production of metaphorical (e.g., shark meaning a rapacious crafty person ) and metonymic (e.g., house meaning an organisation ) meanings in English polysemous nouns and verbs by using the Braunwald corpus, which tra…
Trans/national(ism) in Chinese Trans Memoir
Two Chinese trans memoirs, Jin Xing's Shanghai Tango (2007) and Lei Ming's Life Beyond My Body (2016), present different possibilities of transnationality and transnormativity within the Chinese context of the pre-Covid-19 era. While both memoirs follow a Western structure of traditional trans memoirs, their embracing of Marxist and nationalist rhetoric or Christian concepts of the body present a significant departure from the traditional Western…
Transgender graphic memoirs
Emma Grove’s The Third Person (2022) and LB Lee’s All in the Family (2020) are trans graphic memoirs that depict the process of recovering repressed memories of traumatic events through drawing. The memoirs focus on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) but deviate from the conventions of older DID memoirs such as having a psychiatrist as a focalizer and pathologizing plurality. Grove’s and Lee’s work also differs from mainstream trans life writin…
Psychology (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Metaphor (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literal and figurative language (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)