5　Merits of synergic memory

　The research to study the writing brain of an author needs: 1, the L shaped narrative; 2, a database; 3, the evaluation; and 4, data handling. However, it is difficult to cover the analysis of a full roman. The first condition, therefore, is to select three out of the four requirements (1, 2, and 3 or 1, 2, or 4). One can then summarize the research of the brain of an author. I will encapsulate the merit of synergic metaphors as follows:

【Merit】
・ When one analyzes the writing brain of an author, the standard reading becomes very important.
・ One can view the creation of a database as the repeated reading of a roman, therefore a person can acquire the equivalent of a foreign language.
・ One can see the invisible thing through the database, therefore analytical objectivity increases.
・ If during one’s investigation, a researcher considers not only the first column but also the second one, the analysis becomes denser.
・ If the database of each author can be linked, the analysis is expected to become more advanced in its quality.
・ One can compute statistics by the data analysis.
・ When one can acquire a quantitative measure, the body of knowledge about the cognitive science of language and literature will increase.

　For example, in adapting a synergic metaphor to the acquisition of a foreign language, one inputs the original into the column A in sequence. When the record is complete, the researcher can paste figures into the columns pertaining to the interpreting mind and the writing brain by reading the original of each line. This can provide a conception of L other than the accepted understanding. A synergic metaphor can thus be seen as an instance of repeated reading.

Hanamura（2018）”How to make a synergic metaphor”より translated by Yoshihisa Hanamura