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Metaphors based on perceptual similarity play a key role in stimulating creativity. Here, we present a metaphor interpretation tool using features of source and target to generate perceptual metaphors which might be conceptually very different, thereby generating new interpretations from familiar concepts.
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Bhatt, R., Ojha, A., Indurkhya, B. (2011). Interpretation of Metaphors with Perceptual Features Using WordNet. In: Harris, D. (eds) Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics. EPCE 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6781. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21741-8_3
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