MetaNet
Editor
| International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley
The papers in this collection document the work of the first research project on metaphor that incorporates the findings of Frame Semantics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Construction Grammar with Corpus Linguistics techniques for the analysis of linguistic expressions of metaphor in very large natural language corpora. Under severe constraints, the MetaNet project, based at the International Computer Science Institute designed and populated a sophisticated and accessible repository of conceptual metaphors, developed a formalization for Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and created tools and techniques for the automatic identification and analysis of the linguistic expression of metaphor. For those interested in metaphor, be that from a linguistic, literary, poetic, cognitive, or computational perspective, this book is a must-read. Originally published in Constructions and Frames 8:2 (2016).
[Benjamins Current Topics, 100] 2018. vi, 198 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Preface
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1
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Introduction to MetaNet
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3
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Integrating constructional semantics and conceptual metaphor
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11
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Formalizing contemporary conceptual metaphor theory: A structured repository for metaphor analysis
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37
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Cascades in metaphor and grammar: A case study of metaphors in the gun debate
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85
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A deep semantic corpus-based approach to metaphor analysis: A case study of metaphoric conceptualizations of poverty
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127
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Automatic metaphor detection using constructions and frames
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167
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Epilogue to the Benjamins volume from the Constructions and Frames "MetaNet Issue"
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195
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“In conclusion, “MetaNet” is an outstanding volume that – as George Lakoff eloquently puts it in the Preface to the volume – “is THE must-read collection of papers if you have any interest in the deep semantic computational processing of huge collections of linguistic data.”
Lucia Busso, Università di Pisa, on Linguist List 30.2276 (31 May 2019)
“[...] MetaNet provides a sound basis for engaging with the latest developments in what has been arguably the most productive approach to the analytical study of figurative language over the past several decades.”
Stephen McGregor, action.ai, London, in Metaphor and the Social World, 10:1 (2020)
Subjects
BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject: LAN009060 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax