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  • 1Department of Psychology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA. mcglonem@lafayette.edu

Memory & Cognition
|March 27, 2002
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The interactive property attribution model explains metaphor comprehension by viewing vehicles as metaphoric categories. Irrelevant information about vehicles hinders understanding, supporting this model over property comparison models.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Metaphor comprehension models differ on how topics and vehicles are interpreted.
  • Property comparison models assume literal referents for both terms.
  • The interactive property attribution model posits vehicles represent metaphoric categories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test competing models of metaphor comprehension.
  • To investigate the role of property attribution in understanding metaphors.
  • To determine how irrelevant information affects metaphor processing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a priming paradigm to assess metaphor comprehension.
  • Participants processed primes involving topic/vehicle concepts or relevant/irrelevant properties.

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  • Measured facilitation of metaphor interpretation based on prime type.

    • Main Results:

    • Priming with topic or vehicle concepts facilitated comprehension.
    • Sentences with metaphor-relevant properties also aided understanding.
    • Sentences attributing metaphor-irrelevant properties to vehicles *hindered* comprehension.

    Conclusions:

    • Results support the interactive property attribution model.
    • Suppression of irrelevant information is crucial for language comprehension.
    • The study highlights the dynamic nature of vehicle term interpretation in metaphors.