Metaphor-Based Schemas and Text Representations: Making Connections Through Conceptual Metaphors

David W. Allbritton; Gail McKoon; Richard J. Gerrig

doi:10.1037/0278-7393.21.3.612

Metaphor-Based Schemas and Text Representations: Making Connections Through Conceptual Metaphors

David W. Allbritton
, Gail McKoon
, Richard J. Gerrig

Psychology

Northwestern University

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Four experiments were conducted to examine the role of metaphor-based schemas in text comprehension and representation. In Experiment 1, schemas facilitated recognition judgments 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	612-625
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.21.3.612
State	Published - May 1995

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