Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task
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Resumo: | Metonymy is a pervasive linguistic/cognitive mechanism in everyday language. Still, studies assessing its comprehension are rare in the literature. Our goal is to present the elaboration of a verbal metonymy comprehension task in Brazilian Portuguese as well as test it using pilot studies. The task was based on the cognitive linguistics framework and psychometric guidelines were considered. The construction of the task considered psycholinguistic variables and included a conventionality task and an expert analysis. Three studies (N = 290, ages ranging 2 to 54 years old) were conducted until we reached a final version. The study resulted in a task composed of one practice item and six test items. Each item includes a sentence-stimulus and two questions (one open-ended and one closed-ended). Together, the items make up a raw score that represents metonymy comprehension. Data obtained from the pilot studies show that metonymy comprehension improves gradually with age and that there is a significant difference between items in both types of questions. This is in consonance with the literature, and thus points towards the instrument’s construct validity. The study results in a task that presents enough sensitivity to gauge comprehension of this phenomenon at different ages. |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension taskMuitas mãos neste trabalho: desenvolvimento de uma tarefa de compreensão de metonímiametonímiacompreensão de metonímialinguagem figuradaelaboração de tarefa psicolinguísticalinguística cognitivametonymymetonymy comprehensionfigurative languagepsycholinguistic task elaborationcognitive linguisticsMetonymy is a pervasive linguistic/cognitive mechanism in everyday language. Still, studies assessing its comprehension are rare in the literature. Our goal is to present the elaboration of a verbal metonymy comprehension task in Brazilian Portuguese as well as test it using pilot studies. The task was based on the cognitive linguistics framework and psychometric guidelines were considered. The construction of the task considered psycholinguistic variables and included a conventionality task and an expert analysis. Three studies (N = 290, ages ranging 2 to 54 years old) were conducted until we reached a final version. The study resulted in a task composed of one practice item and six test items. Each item includes a sentence-stimulus and two questions (one open-ended and one closed-ended). Together, the items make up a raw score that represents metonymy comprehension. Data obtained from the pilot studies show that metonymy comprehension improves gradually with age and that there is a significant difference between items in both types of questions. This is in consonance with the literature, and thus points towards the instrument’s construct validity. The study results in a task that presents enough sensitivity to gauge comprehension of this phenomenon at different ages.Metonímia é um mecanismo linguístico/cognitivo pervasivo na linguagem cotidiana. Entretanto, estudos de avaliação desse fenômeno são escassos. Nosso objetivo é apresentar a elaboração de uma tarefa de compreensão de metonímia em português brasileiro e seus resultados piloto. Referenciais teóricos da linguística cognitiva e da psicometria foram considerados. A construção da tarefa considerou variáveis psicolinguísticas e incluiu uma tarefa de convencionalidade e análise de juízes. Três estudos (N = 290, entre 2 e 54 anos) foram conduzidos até a versão final da tarefa. O estudo resultou em uma tarefa com um item de treino e seis de teste. Os itens incluem uma frase de estímulo e duas perguntas (aberta e fechada). Consideramos que o escore dos itens representa a compreensão de metonímia. Os resultados dos estudos piloto indicam uma melhora gradual na compreensão de metonímia com a idade e uma diferença significativa entre os itens nas questões abertas e fechadas. Isso está em consonância com a literatura, sugerindo evidências de validade de construto ao instrumento. O estudo resulta em um instrumento que apresenta sensibilidade suficiente para aferir a compreensão do fenômeno em diferentes idades.SciELO PreprintsSciELO PreprintsSciELO Preprints2023-03-10info:eu-repo/semantics/preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/566310.1590/1678-460x202250607enghttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/article/view/5663/10991Copyright (c) 2023 Maity Siqueira, Tamara Melo, Sergio Duarte Júnior, Laura Baiocco, Caroline Girardi Ferrari, Nichele Lopeshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSiqueira, Maity Melo, TamaraDuarte Júnior, SergioBaiocco, Laura Ferrari, Caroline GirardiLopes, Nichelereponame:SciELO Preprintsinstname:Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO)instacron:SCI2023-03-10T17:25:34Zoai:ops.preprints.scielo.org:preprint/5663Servidor de preprintshttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scieloONGhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/oaiscielo.submission@scielo.orgopendoar:2023-03-10T17:25:34SciELO Preprints - Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO)false |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task Muitas mãos neste trabalho: desenvolvimento de uma tarefa de compreensão de metonímia |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task Siqueira, Maity metonímia compreensão de metonímia linguagem figurada elaboração de tarefa psicolinguística linguística cognitiva metonymy metonymy comprehension figurative language psycholinguistic task elaboration cognitive linguistics |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task |
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Many hands on this study: Development of a metonymy comprehension task |
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Siqueira, Maity |
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Siqueira, Maity Melo, Tamara Duarte Júnior, Sergio Baiocco, Laura Ferrari, Caroline Girardi Lopes, Nichele |
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Melo, Tamara Duarte Júnior, Sergio Baiocco, Laura Ferrari, Caroline Girardi Lopes, Nichele |
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Siqueira, Maity Melo, Tamara Duarte Júnior, Sergio Baiocco, Laura Ferrari, Caroline Girardi Lopes, Nichele |
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metonímia compreensão de metonímia linguagem figurada elaboração de tarefa psicolinguística linguística cognitiva metonymy metonymy comprehension figurative language psycholinguistic task elaboration cognitive linguistics |
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metonímia compreensão de metonímia linguagem figurada elaboração de tarefa psicolinguística linguística cognitiva metonymy metonymy comprehension figurative language psycholinguistic task elaboration cognitive linguistics |
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Metonymy is a pervasive linguistic/cognitive mechanism in everyday language. Still, studies assessing its comprehension are rare in the literature. Our goal is to present the elaboration of a verbal metonymy comprehension task in Brazilian Portuguese as well as test it using pilot studies. The task was based on the cognitive linguistics framework and psychometric guidelines were considered. The construction of the task considered psycholinguistic variables and included a conventionality task and an expert analysis. Three studies (N = 290, ages ranging 2 to 54 years old) were conducted until we reached a final version. The study resulted in a task composed of one practice item and six test items. Each item includes a sentence-stimulus and two questions (one open-ended and one closed-ended). Together, the items make up a raw score that represents metonymy comprehension. Data obtained from the pilot studies show that metonymy comprehension improves gradually with age and that there is a significant difference between items in both types of questions. This is in consonance with the literature, and thus points towards the instrument’s construct validity. The study results in a task that presents enough sensitivity to gauge comprehension of this phenomenon at different ages. |
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