Abstract
Previous studies showed speaker communicate emotion through using metaphor. However, it is unclear whether hearer understand emotional intensity correctly. In this study, we tested whether involvement of hearer’s emotion affects on the emotion communicated through metaphor. Stimuli were taken from metaphor generation task under controlling addressee`s involvement. In the experiment, participants viewed three types of metaphor (common, non involvement, involvement) taken from metaphor generation task and evaluate the emotional intensity for each metaphor. Results showed involvement condition’s metaphors were evaluated less negative than the other two conditions. This result implies involvement of hearer’s emotion affects on emotion communicated through metaphor.
