Add to ORKGWe propose a formal criterion for delineating literal from figurative speech (metonymies, metaphors, etc.). It is centered around the notion of categorization conflicts that follow from the context of the utterance. In addition, we consider the problem of granularity, which is posed by the dependence of our approach on the underlying ontology, and compare our distinction with alternative reference-based explanations
This paper shows that several sorts of expressions cannot be inter-preted metaphorically, including ...
This article is selected examples of metaphor and from literalness and anomaly in short English sen...
The paper investigates the role of social stereotypes in figurative language comprehension. The pape...
We propose a formal criterion for delineating literal from figurative speech (metonymies, metaphors,...
Abstract. The distinction between literal and gurative language (me-tonymies, metaphors, etc.) is of...
AbstractWe propose a new computational model for the resolution of metonymies, a particular type of ...
The distinction between literal and figurative use is well-known and embedded in ‘folk linguistics’....
This work is devoted to the problem of the criterion of metaphorical statements. In order to categor...
This chapter explores the issues in dealing with figurative language in dictionaries. It uses the un...
Given a specific discourse, which discourse properties trigger the use of metaphorical language, rat...
Category mistakes are sentences such as ‘The number two is blue’ or ‘Green ideas sleep furiously’. S...
If Sally knows Sid to be a hard worker, she might make the point by asserting, Sid is a hard worker....
Figurative Language is a traditional rhetorical style, which refers to a group of diverse tropes and...
In this dissertation I defend a non-indexicalist contextualist account of metaphorical interpretatio...
The purpose of the current paper is to present an ontological analysis to the identification of a pa...
This paper shows that several sorts of expressions cannot be inter-preted metaphorically, including ...
This article is selected examples of metaphor and from literalness and anomaly in short English sen...
The paper investigates the role of social stereotypes in figurative language comprehension. The pape...
We propose a formal criterion for delineating literal from figurative speech (metonymies, metaphors,...
Abstract. The distinction between literal and gurative language (me-tonymies, metaphors, etc.) is of...
AbstractWe propose a new computational model for the resolution of metonymies, a particular type of ...
The distinction between literal and figurative use is well-known and embedded in ‘folk linguistics’....
This work is devoted to the problem of the criterion of metaphorical statements. In order to categor...
This chapter explores the issues in dealing with figurative language in dictionaries. It uses the un...
Given a specific discourse, which discourse properties trigger the use of metaphorical language, rat...
Category mistakes are sentences such as ‘The number two is blue’ or ‘Green ideas sleep furiously’. S...
If Sally knows Sid to be a hard worker, she might make the point by asserting, Sid is a hard worker....
Figurative Language is a traditional rhetorical style, which refers to a group of diverse tropes and...
In this dissertation I defend a non-indexicalist contextualist account of metaphorical interpretatio...
The purpose of the current paper is to present an ontological analysis to the identification of a pa...
This paper shows that several sorts of expressions cannot be inter-preted metaphorically, including ...
This article is selected examples of metaphor and from literalness and anomaly in short English sen...
The paper investigates the role of social stereotypes in figurative language comprehension. The pape...