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Sense-O-Nary: Exploring Children's Crossmodal Metaphors Through Playful Crossmodal Interactions

Sense-O-Nary: Exploring Children's Crossmodal Metaphors Through Playful Crossmodal Interactions

Authors :
Roberts-Morgan, Tegan Joy
Morris, Brooke
Czech, Elaine
Neema, Suhan
Stangl, Abigale
Keane, Kyle Michael
Horton, Matthew Paul leslie
Read, Janet C
Metatla, Oussama
Roberts-Morgan, Tegan Joy
Morris, Brooke
Czech, Elaine
Neema, Suhan
Stangl, Abigale
Keane, Kyle Michael
Horton, Matthew Paul leslie
Read, Janet C
Metatla, Oussama
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Metaphors enrich language by allowing us to express complex ideas through familiar concepts, enhancing both understanding and creativity in communication. Crossmodal metaphors are metaphors where one sensory modality is understood in terms of another (e.g, a sharp smell). Crossmodality is an integral part of how we make sense of and create meaning about the world. However, there is a lack of research on how children generate crossmodal metaphors and the interpretation of such metaphors. We present Sense-O-Nary, a game we designed to explore how children react when asked to create crossmodal metaphors in a novel environment. Children are presented with one sensory input and then asked to describe it using a different sense, for another team to guess what the original sensory input is. We engaged children (n=65, aged 8-10) to play this crossmodal metaphor generation game. We qualitatively analysed children’s exchange of crossmodal metaphors to define a set of crossmodal association strategies and then use this to categorise the metaphors they created. We discuss how engaging with crossmodal metaphors can enhance children’s linguistic development and how our findings can inform the design of interactions that involve multiple senses.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
application/pdf, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1446536408
Document Type :
Electronic Resource
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1145.3628516.3655785