On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing
Metaphor processing has been mostly researched using the space–valence paradigm, where participants respond to either space–valence congruent or incongruent stimuli. Little attention has, however, been devoted to the role of valence–space associations in bilingual orientational metaphor comprehensio...
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| description | Metaphor processing has been mostly researched using the space–valence paradigm, where participants respond to either space–valence congruent or incongruent stimuli. Little attention has, however, been devoted to the role of valence–space associations in bilingual orientational metaphor comprehension. Here, we employed a reaction time method and tested Polish (L1) – English (L2) highly proficient bilinguals, who performed a metaphoricity judgment task to L1 and L2 conceptual metaphoric sentences that were either valence–space congruent (BAD IS DOWN and GOOD IS UP) or incongruent (BAD IS UP and GOOD IS DOWN). The results showed a valence effect, where negatively valenced sentences were evaluated more accurately than positively valenced stimuli. We also found an interaction between valence, congruency and language, such that in both L1 and L2, negatively and positively valenced congruent metaphors were easier and faster to process than those violating the space–valence congruency. Altogether, this study provides a more embodied and experientially grounded approach to studying human cognition, lending credence to the automatic activation of primary metaphorical mappings in the human mind. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db29fbfa720a457fb6ac9a948f85e0182025-01-16T21:50:38ZengCambridge University PressLanguage and Cognition1866-98081866-98592025-01-011710.1017/langcog.2024.49On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processingTomasz Dyrmo0Katarzyna Jankowiak1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1200-9347Patrycja Kakuba2Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandFaculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, GermanyFaculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, PolandMetaphor processing has been mostly researched using the space–valence paradigm, where participants respond to either space–valence congruent or incongruent stimuli. Little attention has, however, been devoted to the role of valence–space associations in bilingual orientational metaphor comprehension. Here, we employed a reaction time method and tested Polish (L1) – English (L2) highly proficient bilinguals, who performed a metaphoricity judgment task to L1 and L2 conceptual metaphoric sentences that were either valence–space congruent (BAD IS DOWN and GOOD IS UP) or incongruent (BAD IS UP and GOOD IS DOWN). The results showed a valence effect, where negatively valenced sentences were evaluated more accurately than positively valenced stimuli. We also found an interaction between valence, congruency and language, such that in both L1 and L2, negatively and positively valenced congruent metaphors were easier and faster to process than those violating the space–valence congruency. Altogether, this study provides a more embodied and experientially grounded approach to studying human cognition, lending credence to the automatic activation of primary metaphorical mappings in the human mind.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000498/type/journal_articleaccuracy ratesbilingualismconceptual metaphorreaction timesspace–valence congruency effect |
| spellingShingle | Tomasz Dyrmo Katarzyna Jankowiak Patrycja Kakuba On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing Language and Cognition accuracy rates bilingualism conceptual metaphor reaction times space–valence congruency effect |
| title | On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing |
| title_full | On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing |
| title_fullStr | On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing |
| title_short | On the role of space–valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing |
| title_sort | on the role of space valence congruency in bilingual orientational metaphor processing |
| topic | accuracy rates bilingualism conceptual metaphor reaction times space–valence congruency effect |
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