Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
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Connine and Blasko (1993)<br />
“Indecision is a whirlpool”<br />
Participants listened to novel metaphors<br />
“Indecision is a whirlpool”<br />
followed by visually presented words<br />
WATER<br />
“Indecision is a whirlpool”<br />
Connine and Blasko (1993)<br />
CONFUSION<br />
water<br />
confusion<br />
equally fast<br />
Ortony, Schallert, Reynolds, & Antos (1978)<br />
Overall, evidence from early studies was<br />
mixed<br />
Ortony et al. suggested that the Pragmatic<br />
account is too limited<br />
Maybe context serves as a conceptual<br />
framework?<br />
Ortony, Schallert, Reynolds, & Antos (1978)<br />
Exp 1<br />
Predictions:<br />
1. With insufficient context, metaphors<br />
should take longer to process than<br />
targets requiring a literal interpretation<br />
2. With sufficient context, metaphors<br />
should not take longer to process<br />
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