Inferential Memory and Linguistic Creativity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19429146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence Birnbaum (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 175-183 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Metaphor and Symbolic Activity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-7253 • E-ISSN: 2379-0288 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15327868ms0503_3 |
| OpenAlex | W2030662457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
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 the fundamental component of our ability to understand novel expressions is explanatory inference
Cognitive science · Comprehension · Creativity · Inference · Linguistics · Metaphor · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 1996 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |