Strongest Source and Target Domains across History (IMAGE)

Lehigh University

Strongest Source and Target Domains across History

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In the first large-scale study of its kind, researchers from Lehigh University and University of California, Berkeley analyzed 5,000 English-language metaphorical mapping records over the last 1100 years and found the evolution of word meaning to be highly systematic--following predictable patterns. The research will be published in an upcoming issue of Cognitive Psychology.

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Yang Xu, Barbara C. Malt, Mahesh Srinivasan

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