The volume focuses on the interaction between figurative language, embodiment, and society and culture from various theoretical and applied perspectives and met

The volume focuses on the interaction between figurative language, embodiment, and society and culture from various theoretical and applied perspectives and met

This volume contains original research and innovative analyses that deepen our understanding of figurative thought and language. The selected papers focus on th

This volume provides a coherent and focused debate about what figures of speech can tell us about human cognition. Drawing from current research, it takes on a

Using Figurative Language presents results from a multidisciplinary decades-long study of figurative language that addresses the question, 'Why don't people jus