Concrete vs. Abstract Semantics: From Mental Representations to Functional Brain Mapping

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"Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), according to which abstract concepts may be understood in reference to more concrete words by using metaphors (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980)." https://t.co/RJ9uqZnQQF

"Concrete words have hierarchical semantic structure, which relies on categorical interrelationship, whereas abstract representations have, on the contrary, associative architecture with connections between words commonly used together." https://t.co/RJ9u