van rij, jacolien uithof, floris h. poelstra, sanne jones, stephen m. sprenger, simone a.
Idioms are figurative multiword expressions that need to be learned as part of the native phrasal vocabulary. While it has been shown that non-figurative multiword expressions are acquired with language exposure, the learning process for idioms may be different because the figurative meaning adds complexity to the learning task. Idiom vocabulary ov...
lago, sara zago, sara bambini, valentina arcara, giorgio
Background. The left and right temporoparietal junctions (TPJs) are two brain areas involved in several brain networks, largely studied for their diverse roles, from attentional orientation to theory of mind and, recently, predictive processing. In predictive processing, one crucial concept is prior precision, that is, the reliability of the predic...
Koçak, Cem Burak Atalık, Özlem
Increasing consumer engagement (CE) on social networks is one of marketing problems that brands face in today’s competitive environment. Although prior studies on this concept suggested that content strategies have essential role in improving CE, little is known about figurative language effect. Thus, a novel model and research design to examine ho...
kritsotakis, george morfidi, eleni
The aim of the present study has been to investigate reading comprehension (RC) of children with specific learning difficulties (SLD), considering linguistic factors, such as receptive vocabulary, morphosyntax, and pragmatics (i.e., figurative language). Participants included 90 students (9–12 years old; Μyears = 10.8, SD = 0.95), 45 with SLD and 4...
Neshkovska, Silvana
Published in
Lodz Papers in Pragmatics
Although political discourse is essentially expected to be fact-based and objective, both practice and research show that literal language in political discourse is very often compounded with figurative language. The paper at hand tackles figurative language use in political interviews. For the purposes of this research, we conducted a critical dis...
Forgács, Bálint
Published in
Frontiers in Climate
Innovative communication theories propose that we understand messages not by decoding their meaning but by inferring what speakers intend to express. However scientifically accurate the messages climate scientists have put forward, the appropriate inferences may not have been drawn by most of their audiences. One of the main reasons may be that sci...
Yu, Yan Gu, Feng Li, Yongqing Han, Jianghua
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology
Metaphor and simile, two prevalent forms of figurative language widely employed in daily communication, serve as significant research subjects in linguistics. The Career of Metaphor Theory in cognitive linguistics posits that as conventionality increases, the cognitive mechanisms of metaphor comprehension shift from “comparison” to “categorization....
Garello, Stefana Carapezza, Marco
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology
In Metaphor Studies, metaphor is considered as a “form of understanding one thing in terms of something else.” It is assumed that, despite their differences, metaphors share many properties and that a theory of metaphor should capture these essential properties. In short, it is assumed that metaphor is a natural kind. We call this view the Natural ...
Vardjan, Nava
Tolmačenje je kognitivno gledano zelo zapleten proces oziroma skupek številnih kognitivnih procesov, ki se odvijajo hkrati. Pri njem si mnogi tolmači namerno ali spontano pomagajo z miselno vizualizacijo slišanega. Kvalitativno raziskovanje miselne vizualizacije se je pričelo z Galtonom, ki je leta 1880 prvi opazil razlike v sposobnosti posamezniko...
Du, Yiran He, Huimin Chu, Zihan
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Frontiers in Psychology
It is evident that sarcasm can be interpreted differently due to various factors, However, rare research was conducted to investigate the influence of national culture on sarcasm comprehension despite its valuable theoretical implication. This study used an online rating task to explore how national culture impacts the comprehension of sarcasm, foc...
