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for Enriching WordNets with Metaphor Information (3)

Introduction: Applications

Which information is useful to provide on metaphors in lexical resources like WordNets, and for which application?

If a WordNet covers existing metaphorical uses of words, and relations to their "literal" ("basic") counterparts, it can enable an account of possible novel figurative uses.

  A systematic study of existing EuroWordNet resources, enhanced with cognitive information, is possible through the Hamburg Metaphor Database


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