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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Chinese Language Studies

Background:

  • Cognitive metaphor research emphasizes embodied simulations constrained by bodily experiences.
  • Metaphor processing is influenced by linguistic context, but this is under-explored in metonymy.
  • Existing metonymy research primarily focuses on its conceptual and pragmatic aspects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of linguistic context on Chinese metonymy processing.
  • To explore how preceding and spillover contextual information affects metonymic interpretation.
  • To examine the role of logical relationship strength (strong/weak) between context and target words.

Main Methods:

  • An eye-tracking experiment was conducted with Chinese metonymic expressions.
  • A 2x2 between-subject design manipulated target words (literal/metonymy) and logic (strong/weak).
  • Analysis focused on reading times for target words and immediate spillover regions.

Main Results:

  • Readers spent more time on literal interpretations than metonymic ones under weak logic conditions.
  • This processing difference diminished when the logical relationship was strong.
  • Both preceding and spillover context influenced metonymy processing, especially when spillover context was more relevant to metonymy.

Conclusions:

  • Linguistic context, particularly its logical relationship with target words, plays a crucial role in metonymy processing.
  • The findings challenge purely embodied simulation views by highlighting the importance of linguistic cues.
  • A contextual model of Chinese metonymy processing is proposed, integrating cognitive and linguistic factors.