Word Learning in Context - Metaphors and Neologisms

Budiu, Raluca; R. Anderson, John

doi:10.1184/R1/6619187.v1

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Word Learning in Context - Metaphors and Neologisms

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posted on 2018-06-30, 13:14 authored by Raluca Budiu, John R. Anderson

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.

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