Xinxin Yan

Linguistics PhD student @UCL, studying the interpretation of simile and metaphor.

[Xinxin Yan @ShinYan31]

This morning I presented my study on the processing differences between metaphors and similes! Thanks to all who raised hands and found me afterwards! Quote from @emma_krane : “Attending XPrag really felt like coming home!”🥰 #XPRAG2023 #XPRAGX

[Xinxin Yan @ShinYan31]

Just presented my poster at #AMLaP2023, uncovering the processing differences between metaphors and similes! Have had exciting discussions with people who come around! Such an enriching experience – can’t wait to reunite with some of you soon at XPrag!

[Xinxin Yan @ShinYan31]

🎉📝 Thrilled to announce the publication of our paper on the processing of referential and predicative metaphor in Cognition, authored by Robyn Carston and myself! 🔎 Check out our paper now!

[Cognition @CognitionJourn]

Metaphorical referring is significantly more costly in terms of processing effort relative to both literal referring and to metaphorical predication. We analyse why metaphorical referring is costly @ELSpsychology

📢New from: Robyn Carston & @ShinYan31

https://t.co/aJ6HuCHRdo

[Valentina Bambini @VBambini]

#XPRAG2022 at @IussPavia would not have been the same without the participation of these beautiful people and their brilliant pragmatic minds. I'll tag as many people as I can find (and I promise this is my last tweet about the conference). See you in Paris for #XPRAG2023!

[Valentina Bambini @VBambini]

Great news for #XPRAG: Robyn Carston did an experiment! A refined comparison between referential and predicative metaphors (with well-balanced literal counterparts). It is not metaphor per se that costs, but the interaction between metaphoricity and structure #20yearsXPRAG