Simulating Motion in Figurative Language Comprehension

Singh, Niharika; Mishra, Ramesh Kumar

doi:10.2174/1874440001004010046

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“…Another possible explanation is that the left temporo-occipital effects are related to the different semantic processes in literal phrases and idioms, because the three conditions have different semantic features (e.g., semantic distance). Previous studies have shown that these temporo-occipital areas are also involved in semantic-conceptual processing (Ghosh et al, 2010;Hinojosa et al, 2000), and eye-tracking research has also found that more fixations and longer gaze duration at the visual scenes when hearing figurative sentences compared to their literal counterparts (Singh and Mishra, 2010).…”

Section: Role Of Other Cortical Regions and Task Demands In Idiom Promentioning

confidence: 97%

Hemispheric involvement in the processing of Chinese idioms: An fMRI study

Yang

Fang

et al. 2016

Neuropsychologia

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Although the left hemisphere is believed to handle major language functions, the role of the right hemisphere in language comprehension remains controversial. Recently researchers have investigated hemispheric language processing with figurative language materials (e.g., metaphors, jokes, and idioms). The current study capitalizes on the pervasiveness and distinct features of Chinese idioms to examine the brain mechanism of figurative language processing. Native Chinese speakers performed a non-semantic task while reading opaque idioms, transparent idioms, and non-idiomatic literal phrases. Whole-brain analyses indicated strong activations for all three conditions in an overlapping brain network that includes the bilateral inferior/middle frontal gyrus and the temporo-parietal and occipital-temporal regions. The two idiom conditions elicited additional activations in the right superior parietal lobule and right precuneus. Item-based modulation analyses further demonstrated that activation amplitudes in the right angular gyrus, right superior parietal lobule and right precuneus, as well as left inferior temporo-occipital cortex, are negatively correlated with the semantic transparency of the idioms. These results suggest that both hemispheres are involved in idiom processing but they play different roles. Implications of the findings are discussed in light of theories of figurative language processing and hemispheric functions.

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Section: Role Of Other Cortical Regions and Task Demands In Idiom Promentioning

confidence: 97%

Hemispheric involvement in the processing of Chinese idioms: An fMRI study

Yang

Fang

et al. 2016

Neuropsychologia

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“…This suggests that the mode of visual processing of a picture described by a fictive motion sentence is somehow different from the mode of visual processing of the same picture described by a nonfictive motion sentence. In a related study, Singh and Mishra [38] found that comprehenders gazed for a longer period of time at visual scenes when hearing metaphoric fictive motion sentences compared to literal sentences. This indicates that when a static image is metaphorically/fictively described in terms of a motion event, that motion is mentally simulated and realized in the patterns of eye movements.…”

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confidence: 94%

A Review of Studies Supporting Metaphorical Embodiment

Khatin-Zadeh,

Farsani,

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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This paper presents a review of studies that have provided evidence supporting metaphorical embodiment. These studies are divided into three categories of behavioral, neuroimaging, and corpus studies. After summing up the findings of these studies, it is concluded that metaphorical embodiment is supported by these three lines of research. This is followed by a review of a number of studies that have measured sensorimotor and action effector strengths of various concepts. Then, the idea of sensorimotor and action effector strength of concepts is linked to metaphorical embodiment to present the main idea of the paper. Based on the findings of studies that have measured sensorimotor and action effector strengths of concepts, it is suggested that the degree of involvement of sensorimotor systems in mental simulation of metaphoric actions may not be at the same level in all metaphors. It depends on the sensorimotor strength of the base of the metaphor in various modalities. If the base of a metaphor has a high degree of perceptual strength in a certain modality, that modality plays the most important role in the processing of that metaphor, while other modalities take less important roles. In other words, depending on the sensorimotor strengths of the base of a metaphor in various modalities, those modalities have various levels of importance in the processing of that metaphor. If the base of the metaphor is weak in all modalities, modal resources can come into play to process that metaphor.

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“…This suggests that the metaphoric conceptualization of some emotional states and emotional terms such as anger can be reflected in eye movements. Interestingly, some works have suggested that this can happen not only for emotion-related concepts but also for other categories of abstract concepts that are metaphorically described in terms of movement (e.g., Singh and Mishra, 2010).…”

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Research on metaphor processing during the past five decades: a bibliometric analysis

Peng,

Khatin-Zadeh

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Metaphor processing has been the subject of extensive research over the past five decades. A systematic review of metaphor processing publications through bibliometric tools can provide a clear overview of research on metaphor processing. In this study, we used the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to conduct a systematic review of publications related to metaphor processing. A total of 3271 works published and indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) were gathered. These works had been published between 1970 and 2022. We analyzed the co-citations of these works by CiteSpace to identify the most influential publications in metaphor processing research. A co-occurrence term analysis was done to identify dominant topics in this area of research. The results of this analysis showed that Language, comprehension, metaphor, figurative language, and context were the most frequent keywords. The most prominent clusters were students, figurative language, right hemisphere, embodied cognition, comprehension, N400, and anger. Based on the results of this analysis, we suggest that task properties such as response format and linguistic features should be carefully taken into account in future studies on metaphor processing.

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Simulating Motion in Figurative Language Comprehension

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Hemispheric involvement in the processing of Chinese idioms: An fMRI study

Hemispheric involvement in the processing of Chinese idioms: An fMRI study

A Review of Studies Supporting Metaphorical Embodiment

Research on metaphor processing during the past five decades: a bibliometric analysis

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