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     • Studies have shown that some verbal metaphors require mental images that are akin to perceptual experiences, suggesting that metaphor processing requires interaction among different modalities.
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2. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Metaphor and Mental Imagery: The “Visibility” of Figurative ...

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   Mar 31, 2024 · In examining the discourse of metaphor over the past century, the focus is on the question of whether mental imagery, or “non-propositional entities” are necessary for understanding metaphors.

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   In examining the discourse of metaphor over the past century, the focus is on the question of whether mental imagery, or “non-propositional entities” are necessary for understanding metaphors.

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5. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullFigurative Language, Mental Imagery, and Pragmatics: Metaphor ...

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   Aug 1, 2018 · What role, if any, does mental imagery play in the understanding of metaphor? Despite subjective reports by many people that they experience imagery when they process metaphors and other figurative...

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6. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Pragmatics, Metaphor Studies and the Challenge of Mental Imagery

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   Dec 16, 2022 · In this paper we will discuss how pragmatics (from Grice to Relevance theorists) has considered the relationship between mental imagery and metaphors and review evidence pointing towards an involvement of mental images in metaphor comprehension.

7. www.researchgate.net › publication › 325934296Figurative Language, Mental Imagery and Pragmatics - ResearchGate

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   Jun 22, 2018 · I conclude that mental imagery is not an essential component in the comprehension of language, whether literal or metaphorical, but it is often automatically activated in the minds of hearers...

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   Are mental imagery necessary for understanding metaphors?

   • In examining the discourse of metaphor over the past century, the focus is on the question of whether mental imagery, or “non-propositional entities” are necessary for understanding metaphors.

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   Do people experience mental imagery when they understand verbal metaphors?

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   Does mental imagery influence metaphorical comprehension?

   • (Zi-h-Yu Shen et al., 2015, p. 617) By measuring ERPs during the comprehension of metaphors—especially novel metaphors—it was found that mental imagery ability, together with the degree of conventionality of a metaphor, influences the process of metaphorical comprehension:

   Pragmatics, Metaphor Studies and the Challenge of Mental Imagery

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   Is imagery a characteristic feature of metaphors?

   • This chapter explores the complicated relationship between mental imagery and metaphors, examining their historical connection and the claim that imagery is a characteristic feature of metaphors.

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   Do mental images play a central role in understanding metaphors?

   • Gibbs and Bogdonovich observed that this was the case, which was interpreted as evidence that mental images plays a central role in the process of understanding at least certain kinds of metaphor.

   Pragmatics, Metaphor Studies and the Challenge of Mental Imagery

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   Does the ability to form imagery influence metaphor comprehension?

   • After measuring participants’ ability to form mental imagery using the VVIQ2, the authors measured the ERP waves generated by participants during the comprehension of metaphors: the ability to form imagery, along with the degree of the conventionality of a metaphor, was found to influence the process of metaphor comprehension.

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10. discovery.ucl.ac.uk › id › eprintFigurative Language, Mental Imagery and Pragmatics

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    Many people report experiencing mental imagery (visual, auditory and/or kinetic) when they comprehend verbal metaphors. The question whether imagery is merely an incidental side-effect of processes of metaphor understanding or plays a key role in comprehension remains unresolved, with diametrically opposed views