How do people talk—and potentially think—about abstract concepts? Supported by
abundant linguistic evidence, Conceptual Metaphor Theory posits that people draw upon …

My goal in writing this book has been to convey the principles and issues of
psycholinguistics in a straightforward and accessible manner. The field, although principally …

The book develops a Theory of the Figurative Lexicon. Units of the figurative lexicon
(conventional figurative units, CFUs for short) differ from all other elements of the language …

Metaphor is pervasive in language and thought: in scientific discovery (Gentner 1982;
Gentner and Jeziorski 1993; Gruber 1995; Nersessian 1992), in literature (Gibbs 1994; …

Lakoff [Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind. The
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1987.] and other “conceptual metaphor” theorists …

Like us, the ancient Greeks and Romans came to know and understand the world through
their senses. Yet sensory experience has rarely been considered in the study of antiquity …

This article discusses some of the claims of the earlier and later versions of the
Contemporary Theory of Metaphor (CTM) and addresses some of the criticism that has been …

Creativity and Convention Page 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company Creativity and
Convention The pragmatics of everyday figurative speech Rosa E. Vega Moreno Page 2 …

One of the core tenets of cognitive metaphor theory is the claim that metaphors ground
abstract knowledge in concrete, first‐hand experience. In this paper, I argue that this …

The aim of the series is to publish theoretical and empirical interdisciplinary research on the
effective use of metaphor in language and other modalities (including, for instance, visuals) …