Once considered a stylistic issue, metaphor is now considered a critical component of
everyday and specialized language and most importantly, a fundamental mechanism of …

'Metonymy'is a type of figurative language used in everyday conversation, a form of
shorthand that allows us to use our shared knowledge to communicate with fewer words …

The CEFR in Practice covers the four main areas with which the CEFR is concerned: its role
as a common framework, the Common Reference Levels, what the CEFR implies for …

of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35
chapters, written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view …

La metáfora constituye un tema de reflexión permanente y transdisciplinar (Bustos Guadaño
2000) y su influencia no se circunscribe únicamente al ámbito de la filosofía, la retórica o la …

The collocations “hidden agendas” and “implicit messages” are commonly used to describe
the influence of our linguistic landscape (LL) on language ideologies and subsequent …

As all of the chapters in this volume make clear, metaphor is far from an unimportant aspect
of human communication, or the product of extraordinary people who possess a special 'way …

This article investigates the connection between multilingual experiences and creative
metaphoric competence. As multilingualism has been shownto bring cognitive advantages …

La presencia del lenguaje metafórico en nuestra vida diaria es mucho más frecuente de lo
que somos conscientes. Frases como¿ Vamos a tomar una copa? No me hagas perder el …

In the early 1980s, I read RJ Alexander's seminal (1983) paper on the importance of helping
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners come to terms with metaphors, connotations …