Metaphor-based schemas and text representations: making connections through conceptual metaphors.
Four experiments were conducted to examine the role of metaphor-based schemas in text comprehension and representation. In Experiment 1, schemas facilitated recognition judgements for schema-related sentences that had been presented in a text. Similar facilitation was found for the recognition of individual words in Experiments 2, 3, and 4. The results are interpreted as evidence for the use of metaphor-based schemas to link elements within a text representation.
Allbritton
D W
DW
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
McKoon
G
G
Gerrig
R J
RJ
D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011930:Reaction Time; D012660:Semantics