In Where Metaphors Come From, Zoltán Kövecses proposes a metaphorical grounding that
augments and refines conceptual metaphor theory according to which conceptual …

En este artículo me ocupo del motor metafórico como componente de un modelo teórico de
la metáfora con fundamentación retórico-cultural. El motor metafórico es estudiado en la …

In this article, we argue for the need to further incorporate the study of metaphor with the
newest tendencies within cognitive science. We do so by presenting an ecological view of …

This chapter introduces the overall purpose, theoretical background, and structure of this
collective volume. We start with our initial motivation, advancing the empirical study of …

There is renewed interest in the special role that metaphor can have in its communicative
status as metaphor between language users. This paper investigates the occurrence of such …

One of the key-metaphor complexes in conceptualizing national identity is that of the nation
as a body or a person. It has had a long intellectual history and still figures in present-day …

The power of metaphor and metonymy as resources for the creation of novel linguistic and
other semiotic meanings is well known and goes back in time to Aristotle (see, for example …

Constructivist psychotherapy and contemporary metaphor theory, as part of the neighboring
fields of psychology and linguistics, share fundamental assumptions rooted in constructivist …

Abstract 'Live visual recording'refers to the act of drawing a visual record in real time,
combining words with imagery, in order to represent the content (and sometimes the visual …

Sports fanaticism seems to be a social and national concern in Saudi Arabia. This paper
aims: 1) to identify the metaphorical manifestations and highlight the discursive construction …