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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 18:14:12
From: David Schlangen [schlangen at morganclaypool.com]
Subject: Metaphor: Veale, Shutova, Beigman Klebanov

 


Title: Metaphor 
Subtitle: A Computational Perspective 
Series Title: Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies edited by Graeme Hirst  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
	   http://www.morganclaypool.com
	

Book URL: http://www.morganclaypoolpublishers.com/catalog_Orig/product_info.php?products_id=918 


Author: Tony Veale
Author: Ekaterina Shutova
Author: Beata Beigman Klebanov

Electronic: ISBN:  9781627058513 Pages: 160 Price: U.S. $ 44
Paperback: ISBN:  9781627058506 Pages: 160 Price: U.S. $ 55


Abstract:

The literary imagination may take flight on the wings of metaphor, but
hard-headed scientists are just as likely as doe-eyed poets to reach for a
metaphor when the descriptive need arises. Metaphor is a pervasive aspect of
every genre of text and every register of speech, and is as useful for
describing the inner workings of a "black hole" (itself a metaphor) as it is
the affairs of the human heart. The ubiquity of metaphor in natural language
thus poses a significant challenge for Natural Language Processing (NLP)
systems and their builders, who cannot afford to wait until the problems of
literal language have been solved before turning their attention to figurative
phenomena. This book offers a comprehensive approach to the computational
treatment of metaphor and its figurative brethren—including simile, analogy,
and conceptual blending—that does not shy away from their important cognitive
and philosophical dimensions. Veale, Shutova, and Beigman Klebanov approach
metaphor from multiple computational perspectives, providing coverage of both
symbolic and statistical approaches to interpretation and paraphrase
generation, while also considering key contributions from philosophy on what
constitutes the "meaning" of a metaphor. This book also surveys available
metaphor corpora and discusses protocols for metaphor annotation. Any reader
with an interest in metaphor, from beginning researchers to seasoned scholars,
will find this book to be an invaluable guide to what is a fascinating
linguistic phenomenon.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Computational Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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