10.1184/R1/6619187.v1 Raluca Budiu Raluca Budiu John R. Anderson John R. Anderson Word Learning in Context - Metaphors and Neologisms Carnegie Mellon University 2018 psychology 2018-06-30 13:14:23 Journal contribution https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Word_Learning_in_Context_-_Metaphors_and_Neologisms/6619187 <p>Metaphors are a prolific source of new words in a language. In this chapter we study how people understand metaphors and how metaphors "freeze" and come to denote new meanings.</p>