In recent times, many alarm bells have begun to sound: the metaphorical presentation of the
COVID-19 emergency as a war might be dangerous, because it could affect the way people …

In this article, we offer a critical view of Thibodeau and Boroditsky who report an effect of
metaphorical framing on readers' preference for political measures after exposure to a short …

Metaphors pervade discussions of social issues like climate change, the economy, and
crime. We ask how natural language metaphors shape the way people reason about such …

At the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic, governments around the world employed
militaristic metaphors to draw attention to the dangers of the virus. But, do militaristic …

Metaphors pervade discussions of critical issues and influence how people reason about
these domains. For instance, when crime is a beast people are more likely to suggest …

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been thousands of articles on the
use of metaphor to describe the crisis. A Google search yields more than 7000 hits. Indeed …

Metaphors provide easy-to-understand explanations for threatening and unexpected events
and can guide behaviour. Some groups have used the metaphor of war in the current …

Conceptual metaphor theory and other important theories in metaphor research are often
experimentally tested by studying the effects of metaphorical frames on individuals' …

Although militaristic metaphors have been pervasive during health crisis in political and
science communication, few works have examined how these linguistic devices may …

The virus SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes (COVID-19) are unfamiliar topics to most
publics. One mechanism used by political leaders to make the strange and unfamiliar more …