?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Contextual+Effects+on+Metaphor+Comprehension%3A+Experiment+and+Simulation&rft.creator=Lemaire%2C+Benoit&rft.creator=Bianco%2C+Maryse&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=This+paper+presents+a+computational+model+of+referential+metaphor+comprehension.+This+model+is+designed+on+top+of+Latent+Semantic+Analysis+(LSA)%2C+a+model+of+the+representation+of+word+and+text+meanings.+Compre%C2%ADhending+a+referential+metaphor+consists+in+scanning+the+semantic+neighbors+of+the+metaphor+in+order+to+find+words+that+are+also+semantically+related+to+the+context.+The+depth+of+that+search+is+compared+to+the+time+it+takes+for+humans+to+process+a+metaphor.+In+particular%2C+we+are+interested+in+two+independent+variables+%3A+the+nature+of+the+reference+(either+a+literal+meaning+or+a+figurative+meaning)+and+the+nature+of+the+context+(inductive+or+not+inductive).+We+show+that%2C+for+both+humans+and+model%2C+first%2C+metaphors+take+longer+to+process+than+the+literal+meanings+and+second%2C+an+inductive+context+can+shorten+the+processing+time.&rft.contributor=Detje%2C+F&rft.contributor=D%C3%B6rner%2C+D&rft.contributor=Schaub%2C+H&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3205%2F1%2Ficcm03_lemaire.pdf&rft.identifier=++Lemaire%2C+Benoit+and+Bianco%2C+Maryse++(2003)+Contextual+Effects+on+Metaphor+Comprehension%3A+Experiment+and+Simulation.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3205%2F