In the chapter, I describe the main features of what can be taken to be “standard” conceptual
metaphor theory (as proposed by Lakoff and Johnson 1980, 1999), alongside what can be …

A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language
that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and …

Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) started with George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's book
Metaphors We Live By (1980). The theory goes back a long way and builds on centuries of …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

Gestures and speech interact. They are linked in language production and perception, with
their interaction contributing to felicitous communication. The multifaceted nature of these …

The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia is a single-volume encyclopedia covering all major
and subsidiary areas of linguistics and applied linguistics. The 79 entries provide in-depth …

Current research findings on metaphor in language and thought may be interpreted as
producing a paradox of metaphor; that is, most metaphor is not processed metaphorically by …

This article presents an explicit method that can be reliably employed to identify
metaphorically used words in discourse. Our aim is to provide metaphor scholars with a tool …

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In this paper, I elaborate a theoretical model of how individuals come to make or create
sense through their language while being accountable to others. Using accounts of …