Language helps people communicate and think. Precise and accurate language would
seem best suited to achieve these goals. But a close look at the way people actually talk …

We present a meta-analysis of studies that compare figurative language comprehension in
individuals with autism spectrum disorder and in typically developing controls who were …

In the chapter, I describe the main features of what can be taken to be “standard” conceptual
metaphor theory (as proposed by Lakoff and Johnson 1980, 1999), alongside what can be …

War metaphors are ubiquitous in discussions of everything from political campaigns to
battles with cancer to wars against crime, drugs, poverty, and even salad. Why are warfare …

In Where Metaphors Come From, Zoltán Kövecses proposes a metaphorical grounding that
augments and refines conceptual metaphor theory according to which conceptual …

This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including
metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It …

Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) started with George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's book
Metaphors We Live By (1980). The theory goes back a long way and builds on centuries of …

Framing is an important concept in communication, yet many framing studies set out to
develop frames relevant to only one issue. We expand framing theory by introducing …

The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science
and the humanities. We marvel at the creative dexterity of gifted speakers and writers for …

This volume brings together two highly researched but also highly controversial concepts,
those of politeness and implicature. A theory of implicature as social action and …