27.138, Books: Computer Interpretation of Metaphoric Phrases: Weber Russell

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Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:05:07
From: Linda Steglich [linda.steglich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Computer Interpretation of Metaphoric Phrases: Weber Russell

Title: Computer Interpretation of Metaphoric Phrases 
Publication Year: 2015 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/248234 

Author: Sylvia Weber Russell

Electronic: ISBN:  9781501502194 Pages: 160 Price: Europe EURO 59.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781501510656 Pages: 160 Price: Europe EURO 59.95

Abstract:

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
distinguishes itself from statistical approaches, which in general do not
account for novel usages, and from efforts directed at metaphor constrained to
one type of phrase or to a single topic domain.

The more interesting and novel metaphors appear to be based on concepts
generally represented as nouns, since such concepts can be understood from a
variety of perspectives. The core of the process of interpreting nominal
concepts is to represent them in such a way that readers or hearers can infer
which aspect(s) of the nominal concept is likely to be intended to be applied
to its interpretation. These aspects are defined in terms of verbal and
adjectival predicates. A section on the representation and processing of
part-sentence verbal metaphor will therefore also serve as preparation for the
representation of salient aspects of metaphorically used nouns.

As the ability to process metaphorically used verbs and nouns facilitates the
interpretation of more complex tropes, computational analysis of two other
kinds of metaphorically based expressions are outlined: metaphoric compound
nouns, such as "idea factory" and, together with the representation of
inferences, modified metaphoric idioms, such as "Put the cat back into the
bag".

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     General Linguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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