Comprehending scientific metaphors in the bilingual brain: Evidence from event-related potentials
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1037525
Abstract: While the processing mechanisms of novel and conventional metaphors were widely investigated in previous monolingual studies, little attention has been devoted to how metaphoric utterances are processed by the bilingual brain as well as how… read more here.
Keywords: scientific metaphors; bilingual brain; event related; related potentials ... See more keywords
Bilingual Processing Mechanisms of Scientific Metaphors and Conventional Metaphors: Evidence via a Contrastive Event-Related Potentials Study
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894114
Abstract: To study the different mechanisms of understanding figurative language in a speaker’s native language (L1) and their second language (L2), this study investigated how scientific metaphors in Chinese (L1) and English (L2) are electrophysiologically processed… read more here.
Keywords: bilingual processing; language; scientific metaphors; event related ... See more keywords
Hemispheric Processing of Chinese Scientific Metaphors: Evidence via Hemifield Presentation
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894715
Abstract: The role of the two hemispheres in processing metaphoric language is controversial. In order to complement current debates, the current divided visual field (DVF) study introduced scientific metaphors as novel metaphors, presenting orientation mapping from… read more here.
Keywords: processing; conventional metaphors; presentation; visual field ... See more keywords