Computer Interpretation of Metaphoric Phrases / / Sylvia Weber Russell.

The computational approach of this book is aimed at simulating the human ability to understand various kinds of phrases with a novel metaphoric component. That is, interpretations of metaphor as literal paraphrases are based on literal meanings of the metaphorically used words. This method distingui...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]
©2016
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (160 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Metaphors: Human Use And Computer Processing
  • 2. Computational Models Of Metaphor
  • 3. A Semantic–Component–Based Approach
  • 4. The Role Of Abstraction
  • 5. Processing Cross–Modal Verbal Metaphor
  • 6. Nominal Metaphor
  • 7. Metaphoric Idioms
  • 8. Conclusion: Possibilities And Limits
  • Index