Metaphor, Metaphor Schemata, and Selective Inferencing

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the importance of spatial and other metaphors. An approach to handling metaphors in a computational framework is described, based on the idea of selective inferencing. Three types of metaphor are examined in detail in this light: a simple metaphor, a spatial metaphor schema, and a novel metaphor. Finally, the author discusses the analogical processes that underlie the metaphor in this approach, and what the approach says about several classical questions about the metaphor.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA458828

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