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>