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Clé de citation BibTeX: Gentner2002d
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Gentner, D., Imai, M., & Boroditsky, L. (2002). As time goes by: evidence for two systems in processing space > time metaphors. Language and Cognitive Processes, 17(5), pp. 537–565.
Ajoutée par: Sterenn Audo 2008-01-22 10:48:52
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Résumé
Temporal language is often couched in spatial metaphors. English has been
claimed to have two space-time metaphoric systems: the ego-moving
metaphor, wherein the observer’s context progresses along the time-line
towards the future, and the time-moving metaphor, wherein time is conceived
of as a river or conveyor belt on which events are moving from the future to
the past. In three experiments, we investigated the psychological status of
these metaphors by asking subjects to carry out temporal inferences stated in
terms of spatial metaphors. In Experiment 1, we found that subjects were
slowed in their processing when the assertions shifted from one spatial
metaphoric system to the other. In Experiment 2, we determined that this
cost of shifting could not be attributed to local lexical factors. In Experiment
3, we again found this metaphor consistency effect in a naturalistic version of
the study in which we asked commonsense time questions of passengers at an
airport. The results of the three studies provide converging evidence that
people use spatial metaphors in temporal reasoning. Implications for the
status of metaphoric systems arc discussed.
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