{"pk":32636,"title":"Metaphor Comprehension: From Comparison to Categorization","subtitle":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we explore the relationship between metaphor and polysemy. We begin by discussing how novel metaphoric mappings can create new word meanings in the form of domain-general representations. Tuming next to consider the implications of this view for the on-line comprehension of figurative language, we suggest that there is a shift from comparison processing to categorization processing as metaphors are conventionalized. Finally, we describe a series of experimental findings that support the proposed account.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Long Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8qs8n92v","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Brian","middle_name":"F.","last_name":"Bowdle","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology, Indiana University","department":""},{"first_name":"Dedre","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gentner","name_suffix":"","institution":"Department of Psychology, Northwestern University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1999-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/32636/galley/23699/download/"}]}