This paper presents a usage-based method for investigating metaphor acquisition in the
speech of children aged two and above. The method draws on the strengths of the …

Metaphor acquisition research has focused mostly on metaphor comprehension in
monolingual children. Ours is the first study to examine metaphor production in young …

Metaphors and other tropes are commonly thought to reflect asymmetries in concreteness,
with concrete sources being used to talk about relatively more abstract targets. Similarly …

This article provides an overview of metaphor theories and research on their own terms, as
well as their use in Hebrew Bible (HB) studies. Though metaphor studies in the HB have …

The study investigated how a group of 27 Wuhan citizens employed metaphors to
communicate about their lived experiences of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

This study aims to explore how entrance design aspects impact the experience of hospitality.
In Virtual Reality, the embodied effects of entrance design (visual transparency and door …

This book investigates moral metaphors in English and Chinese, applying conceptual
metaphor theory to a comparative study of the linguistic manifestation of the moral metaphor …

ABSTRACT English speakers use vertical language to talk about power, such as when
speaking of people being “at the bottom of the social hierarchy” or “rising to the top.” …

The debate about whether the sexes communicate and behave differently continues. The
stereotype that women are not funny or that their language or behavior is more “ladylike” is …

Conventional metaphors (eg, a firm grasp on an idea) are extremely common. A possible
explanation for their ubiquity is that they are more engaging, evoking more focused …