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CIKM
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Conceptual modeling by analogy and metaphor
Metaphor is not merely a rhetorical device, characteristic of language alone, but rather a fundamental feature of the human conceptual system. A metaphor is understood by finding ...
Karin Koogan Breitman, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barb...
KBS
2006
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13 years 4 months ago
An analogy-oriented type hierarchy for linguistic creativity
Metaphor and analogy are perhaps the most challenging aspects of linguistic creativity for a conceptual representation to facilitate, since by their very nature they seek to stret...
Tony Veale
CONTEXT
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Default Inferences in Metaphor Interpretation
In this paper we provide a formalization of a set of default rules that we claim are required for the transfer of information such as causation, event rate and duration in the inte...
Rodrigo Agerri, John A. Barnden, Mark G. Lee, Alan...
ISOLA
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Using Analogy to Promote Conceptual Modeling Reuse
Abstract. This paper argues in favor of a database conceptual schema and Semantic Web ontology design discipline that explores analogy mappings to reuse the structure and integrity...
Karin Koogan Breitman, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barb...
COGSCI
2006
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13 years 4 months ago
Flexible Conceptual Projection of Time Onto Spatial Frames of Reference
Flexibility in conceptual projection constitutes one of the most challenging issues in the embodiment and conceptual metaphor literatures. We sketch a theoretical proposal that pl...
Ana Torralbo, Julio Santiago, Juan Lupiá&nt...