There is a distinction between languages that use the duration is length metaphor, like
English (eg, long time), and languages like Spanish that conceptualise time using the …

Much prior research has investigated how humans understand time using body-based
contrasts like front/back and left/right. It has recently come to light, however, that some …

This study investigates how typological and metaphorical construal differences may affect
the use and frequency of temporal expressions in English and Spanish. More precisely, we …

The present contribution integrates a recent, multilevel approach to metaphor advanced by
Kövecses (2017 and later publications), with gestures as a mode of metaphorical …

This study investigates whether there is a relation between the semantics of linguistic
expressions that indicate temporal distance and the spatial properties of their co-speech …

Gesture is an important semiotic resource by means of which politicians communicate
values, construct identities and manage live performances. Previous studies have examined …

The communication of news relies on semiotic resources besides language, including
various audiovisual modes of representation. Owing to the difficulties associated with …

Abstract According to the Temporal Focus Hypothesis, people's orientations of sagittal
spatiotemporal mappings are conditioned by their characteristic patterns of attention to the …

This paper is an exploratory corpus-based study of a set of verbs of throwing and their co-
occurrence with iconic gestures. It is hypothesized that the (in) formality and the …

There is a need to develop new interdisciplinary approaches suitable for a more complete
analysis of multimodal data. Such approaches need to go beyond case studies and …