Computational Model of Metaphor and its Application in Metaphorical Classification
隐喻计算模型及其在隐喻分类上的应用

Metaphor is a difficult problem in natural language understanding, while it is also a hot topic in the cogni- tive scientific research. Aiming at the generally existent phenomenon of metaphor in Chinese, in term of computing from the aspect of computing], this paper proposes a set of methods of formalizing Chinese sentence at first, and structures the computational model of metaphorical semantic network (MSN) according to the characteristics of metaphor. Then, we apply the MSN to metaphorical classification, present a systematic method of metaphorical clas- sification, this lays a foundation for the later research in auto metaphorical classification and metaphorical understand- ing.