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A Logical Approach to the Analysis of Metaphors - D'Hanis (2002) (5 citations) (Correct)
....power of metaphors. There is nevertheless a theory that allows for a cognitive function: interactionism. The merits of this metaphor theory become clear when we confront it with the comparison view, a view on metaphors that is very popular among philosophers of language. Miller shows in his [18] what a comparison view amounts to. Let us consider the metaphor (2) Man is a wolf. Miller states that, while analysing this metaphor, we consider the properties of wolves and the properties of men. What these two sets have in common is the meaning of the metaphor. According to Miller, analysing ....
George A. Miller. Images and models, similes and metaphors. In Ortony
Aspects Of Salience In Natural Language Generation - Pattabhiraman (1993) (4 citations) (Correct)
....in comparisons are not used solely as a compensatory mechanism to avert miscommunication. Deliberate comparisons with exceptions are useful in giving new information, as in A zebra is like a horse, except that it has stripes, when confronted with a child s question of what a zebra is (Miller [47]) Comparisons with exceptions as a device for enabling the hearer to assimilate new knowledge. Similar strategies are used by McCoy [37] in correcting user misconceptions based on the user model. Other kinds of exception clauses indicating not a mismatch of property labels, but one of degrees or ....
G.A. Miller. Images and Models, Similes and Metaphors, In Metaphor and Thought , Ortony, A., Editor, pages 202--250. Cambridge University Press, 1979.
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