We review psychological research bearing on major theories of metaphor comprehension. A
broad survey of behavioral studies is coupled with findings from recent meta-analyses of …

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 …

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 …

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from
psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated …

A major revolution in the study of metaphor occurred 30 years ago with the introduction of
“conceptual metaphor theory”(CMT). Unlike previous theories of metaphor and metaphorical …

Metaphor is pervasive in everyday communication. It is known to help people understand
complex topics, communicate efficiently, and influence others. In this paper, we provide a …

Cancer health information is dominated by enemy and war metaphors intended to motivate
the public to “fight” cancer. However, enemy metaphoric framing may influence …

Abstract Space, time, and number are fundamental to how we act within and reason about
the world. These three experiential domains are systematically intertwined in behavior …

Abstract Models of idiom comprehension differ in their predictions concerning
compositionality: Some claim that idiomatic meaning is the result of compositional analysis …

To study metaphor in newspaper texts and to describe metaphors' forms and functions, their
underlying mappings, and their effects on processing, they first need to be reliably and …