Killing a novel metaphor and reviving a dead one: ERP correlates of metaphor conventionalization
Killing a novel metaphor and reviving a dead one: ERP correlates of metaphor conventionalization
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DOI：
10.1016/j.bandl.2012.09.008
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发表时间：
2012-11-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Faust, Miriam
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作者：
Goldstein, Abraham;Arzouan, Yossi;Faust, Miriam
新奇的隐喻不断被创造出来，其中一些随着重复使用而变得常规。我们调查了在事件相关电位波形中揭示的新隐喻的加工是否会在仅仅通过让参与者解释一个表达的意义来诱导一个隐喻范畴之后发生变化。受试者使用由字面上相关的词语对、常规的和新颖的隐喻词语以及不相关的词语组成的两个词语进行语义判断任务。我们发现，当参与者在之前的一次接触中解释了他们的意思时，与未解释的隐喻相比，新的隐喻产生了更小的N400和更大的LPC幅度。有趣的是，在解释了传统隐喻的含义后，他们得出了增加的N400和减少的LPC，类似于解释的新奇隐喻所引起的波形。我们的发现表明，人们能够将新奇的隐喻常规化，并迅速改变他们的加工模式。它们还表明，死亡的隐喻保留了在合适的情况下可以复活的属性。(C)2012 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
Novel metaphors are constantly created and some of them become conventional with repeated use. We investigated whether the processing of novel metaphors, as revealed in ERP waveforms, would change after inducing a metaphoric category merely by having participants explain the meaning of an expression. Participants performed a semantic judgment task with two-word expressions consisting of literally related pairs, conventional and novel metaphoric expressions and unrelated words. We found that novel metaphors elicited smaller N400 and greater LPC amplitudes when participants had explained their meaning during a previous exposure relative to unexplained ones. Interestingly, after explaining the meanings of conventional metaphors, they elicited increased N400 and reduced LPC resembling the waveforms elicited by explained novel metaphors. Our findings suggest that people are able to conventionalize novel metaphors and change their processing mode quickly. They also show that dead metaphors retain properties that can be revived under the right circumstances. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.