LINGUIST List 4.537

Mon 12 Jul 1993

Qs: Metaphor, Garside, AI, Osaka

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1. , References on cross-linguistic studies in Metaphor
2. Becky Passonneau, e-mail address for Roger Garside
3. Michael Sikillian/Annotext, Query
4. "Ellen F. Prince", osaka: help!

Does anyone know of references on cross-linguistic studies in Metaphor?

Any information would be much appreciated.

Please email me at: rguillennmsu.edu.

I will make a summary of the responses and post later.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rocio Guillen.

I am trying to find Roger Garside's e-mail address, or failing that,
a postal address. Can anyone help? Please send replies to
beckycs.columbia.edu.

thanks

I am writing an article on artificial intelligence, and on how the
metaphorical use of language has affected development. As an example,
computers are said to possess a "brain" and "memory", exhibit "intelligent
behavior", and "learn by experience". What I am interested in is how the
heavily anthropomorphic vocabulary has affected the claims by AI
researchers that "artifiical life" is indeed alive, and also, equivalent to
biological life.

If anyone out there has done research on how vocabulary, particularly newly
coined words, affects technology and the pace of development, I would be
interested in knowing

a) what research materials (books, magazines, conference proceedings)
 are concerned with this topic

b) other instances when an invented vocabulary affects progress in a field.

Thanks!

Michael Sikillian
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i'll be attending the upcoming pragmatics conference in kobe and will be
staying in osaka and have a question for anyone out there familiar with osaka.
could you please give me an idea of approximately how much a cab would be from
the (international, if there's more than one) airport to downtown? also, are
there any other easy ways to make the trip? please reply to me
directly--ellencentral.cis.upenn.edu. thanks a million.