In situations of conflict and violence, harmonious human relations are disrupted; the
'otherness' of people is foregrounded as shared humanity retreats into the background. The …

Sixteen years after her father was killed by an IRA bomb, Jo Berry had her first conversation
with the man responsible. She had made a long journey,'walking the footsteps of the …

It is difficult to overstate the importance of metaphor in human language (s), thought and
experience. Over centuries of scholarship and a period of particularly intense focus in the …

Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the book provides a thorough grounding in
metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical …

This book is about unpeaceful metaphors used in various social contexts. It is the outgrowth
of a summer 2002 seminar on language and peace held at American University's School of …

Metaphors are precision tools for the talking professions like coaches, therapists, and
consultants. Metaphors simultaneously use language and images and by this they bridge …

In a violent world, reconciliation between perpetrators and victims offers an alternative to
revenge or retaliation. In such discourse, participants must make extended efforts to explain …

Metaphors can kill. The discourse over whether we should go to war in the Gulf is a
panorama of metaphor. Secretary of State Baker sees Saddam as 'sitting on our economic …

This article argues that a mediator, conscious of the metaphors disputants use, aware of
their implications, and skilled in their use, will hear more; be better able to reframe …

The importance of metaphor to human language and cognition cannot be over emphasized.
This importance is well summarized by Malotki (1983: 13) when he writes: Man, in …