Tony Veale

Metaphor: A Computational Perspective - Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies Tony Veale

The ubiquity of metaphor in natural language poses a significant challenge for Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems and their builders. This book offers a comprehensive approach to the computational treatment of metaphor and its figurative brethren - including simile, analogy, and conceptual blending - that does not shy away from their important cognitive and philosophical dimensions.