Koelsch [4] takes a broad view of semantics (unlike, eg,[3]), and presents a variety of
evidence suggesting that, like language, instrumental music can communicate not only …

Music is a widely enjoyed human experience, whether in performance or when listening to
(although “enjoyment” may not be the best word to capture the situation cross-culturally …

The book explores (1) the motivation of motion expressions in Western classical music
criticism in terms of conceptual metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999) in two corpus …

This paper approaches the connection between musical constructs and visuo-haptic
experience through the lens of the cognitive-linguistic notion of the “image schema.” The …

The present paper builds on experimental data from earlier research to offer a new
theoretical approach to a common problem in the study of music cognition–the way …

Although semiotics has historically been a focus of interest in psychology, its impact over
recent decades has been fairly muted. Moreover, no systematic efforts have been made to …

In English, metaphor is pervasive in descriptions of the structure of Western classical music
pieces. Musical pitches can be high or low; melodies fall and rise, ascend and descend, or …

I use the Conceptual Blending Theory to discuss the application of familiar music themes in
unexpected contexts, where the music assists the image and text in swaying viewers' …

Absolute pitch is an ability to recognize and properly musically name a given pitch (Levitin,
1994). It is more prevalent among speakers of tonal languages, in which meaning may …

This research examines the use of metaphors in the album The Black Parade by My
Chemical Romance, to explore how figurative expressions convey deeper emotions and …