ABSTRACT

This study examined the performances of three groups of participants in interpreting metaphors in three different conditions: congruent gesture-prime conditions, opposite gesture-prime conditions, and no-prime conditions. In congruent gesture-prime conditions, each metaphor was preceded by the congruent gestural representation of metaphor schema. In opposite gesture-prime conditions, each metaphor was preceded by the opposite gestural representation of metaphor schema. The results showed that participants of congruent gesture-prime conditions had the best performance in interpreting metaphors, while participants of opposite gesture-prime conditions had the worst performance. It is suggested that metaphor schema is an important part of metaphorical meaning of a metaphor. Therefore, when this part of meaning is activated by a gestural prime, metaphor comprehension is facilitated. Furthermore, when a schema is used to metaphorically describe a concept or an event, that schema and the neural network that represents it become one part of a larger interconnected neural network that represents the meaning of the metaphor. It could mean that the activation of one part of it could facilitate the activation of the whole of the network. Finally, it is emphasized that a gesture that depicts the schema of a metaphor is in fact the embodied realization of that metaphor.

摘要

本研究考察了三组参与者在三种不同条件下解释隐喻的表现：一致的手势启动条件、相反的手势启动条件和非启动条件。在一致的手势启动条件下，每个隐喻之前都有隐喻图式的一致手势表示。在相反的手势启动条件下，每个隐喻之前都有隐喻图式的相反手势表示。结果表明，一致手势启动条件的参与者在解释隐喻方面表现最好，而相反手势启动条件的参与者则表现最差。表明隐喻图式是隐喻隐喻意义的重要组成部分。因此，当这部分意义被一个手势启动时，隐喻理解得到促进。此外，当一个图式被用来隐喻地描述一个概念或一个事件时，该图式和代表它的神经网络成为代表隐喻意义的更大的互连神经网络的一部分。这可能意味着它的一部分的激活可以促进整个网络的激活。最后，需要强调的是，描绘隐喻图式的手势实际上是该隐喻的具身实现。这可能意味着它的一部分的激活可以促进整个网络的激活。最后，需要强调的是，描绘隐喻图式的手势实际上是该隐喻的具身实现。这可能意味着它的一部分的激活可以促进整个网络的激活。最后，需要强调的是，描绘隐喻图式的手势实际上是该隐喻的具身实现。