Metaphorical meaning learning in contexts: An event-related potential study

Publication date: February 2019Source: Journal of Neurolinguistics, Volume 49Author(s): Wenjuan Liu, Jinfeng Ding, Lin Li, Yufang YangAbstractThe current study explored whether the metaphorical meaning of novel words can be learned and how the metaphorical meaning was acquired during contextual reading. The novel words were embedded in two types of learning contexts: one supported the metaphorical meaning (metaphorical meaning learning condition: ML condition), and the other supported the literal meaning (literal meaning learning condition: LL condition). The learning effect was assessed via a semantic-relatedness judgment task with event-related potentials (ERPs) being recorded. In this task, the novel words served as primes, the literal corresponding concepts of the novel words (CC), the...

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