Modeling semantic similarity between metaphor terms of visual vs. linguistic metaphors through Flickr tag distributions by Bolognesi, M

“…A long established view in metaphor theory claims that metaphors pertain to the conceptual dimension of meaning, but while different models aim at explaining how language constructs and represents metaphorical conceptual structures, we still know very little about how other modalities (for example, images) achieve metaphor construction and expression. …”

Metaphors in Dreams: Where Cognitive Linguistics meets Psychoanalysis by Bolognesi, M, Bicisecchi, R

“…This article approaches the study of metaphors in dreams from an interdisciplinary perspective, which aims at bringing together the psychoanalytic tradition, and the main views that constitute what is commonly known as the contemporary cognitive theory of metaphor. …”

Processing of literal and metaphorical meanings in polysemous verbs: An experiment and its methodological implications by Werkmann Horvat, A, Bolognesi, M, Lahiri, A

“…At the center of the methodological discussion is the contextual and cognitive dominance of literal and metaphorical meanings in polysemous words as an important variable in experimental research on figurative language. …”

Similarity is closeness: Using distributional semantic spaces to model similarity in visual and linguistic metaphors by Bolognesi, M, Aina, L

“…Popular theories of metaphor claim that metaphors transcend their modality to influence conceptual structures, thus suggesting that different modalities of expression would typically express the same conceptual metaphors. …”

Using semantic feature norms to investigate how the visual and verbal modes afford metaphor construction and expression by Bolognesi, M

“…In this study, two modalities of expression (verbal and visual) are compared and contrasted, in relation to their ability and their limitations to construct and express metaphors. A representative set of visual metaphors and a representative set of linguistic metaphors are here compared, and the semantic similarity between metaphor terms is modeled within the two sets. …”