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Convention, Form, and Figurative Language Processing
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There are 2 basic controversies concerning how metaphors are processed. First, are metaphoric mappings more akin to literal comparisons or to literal categorizations? And second, is metaphor comprehension indirect or direct? We believe ...
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Making a silk purse out of two sow's ears: young children's use of comparison in category learning.
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Comparison mechanisms have been implicated in the development of abstract, relational thought, including object categorization. D. Gentner and L. L. Namy (1999) found that comparing 2 perceptually similar category members yielded taxono...
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Dedre Gentner A STUDY OF EARLY WORD MEANING USING ARTIFICIAL OBJECTS : WHAT LOOKS LIKE A JIGGY BUT ACTS LIKE A ZIMBO ?
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Theories of semantic acquisition have differed as to the relative importance of form and function in early word meaning. One reason that the issue has been difficult to resolve is that in everyday life the forms of objects are highly co...
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Comparison Facilitates Children's Learning of Names for Parts
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Learning names for parts of objects can be challenging for children, as it requires overcoming their tendency to name whole objects. We test whether comparing items can facilitate learning names for their parts. Applying the structure-m...
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A Comparison of ARCS and MAC / FAC
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cumnt lilcorh and supporting simulations of similaritybased retrieval disagree in their pDcess model of m a n t i c similarity decisions. We compare two current cornputatid simulations d similarity-ked retrieval, h4AC/FAC and ARCS, with...
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Two Forces in the Development of Relational Similarity
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Analogy commands the attention of developmental psychologists, first, because like grammar and mathematics, analogy is a supremely elegant form of thought ; and, second, because of its importance in cognitive development . An appreciati...
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