We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking? In this episode of LinguaMania, we explore how we use metaphors across the world, looking at the different ways of representing abstract concepts, such as emotion and time, through idioms and metaphors
The present paper shows the development of the concept of metaphor sinceAristotle’s first definition...
Languages around the world use a recurring strategy to discuss abstract concepts: describe them meta...
The question about the relationship between language and culture arises in philosophy, psychology an...
It is difficult to overstate the importance of metaphor in human language(s), thought and experience...
How do we construct our knowledge of abstract concepts like justice, free-will, or time that we cant...
How do we construct our knowledge of abstract concepts like justice, free-will, or time that we cant...
Metaphors are all around us; they are the paintbrush with which our world is created. Though we do n...
In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Andrew Goatly looks at how we use metaphor to communicate m...
In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Andrew Goatly looks at how we use metaphor to communicate m...
Metaphors are symbols that people use to describe things differently. They are found in all language...
In the field of human experience and meaning-making, metaphor occupies a very well-trodden cabbage p...
Showing how metaphors are used to talk about entities, relations and attributes in one domain by dra...
The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-ar...
This article explores how different languages use metaphors to convey complex ideas and emotions. Th...
Once you start looking for them, metaphors seem to appear everywhere, even in the most pedestrian pl...
The present paper shows the development of the concept of metaphor sinceAristotle’s first definition...
Languages around the world use a recurring strategy to discuss abstract concepts: describe them meta...
The question about the relationship between language and culture arises in philosophy, psychology an...
It is difficult to overstate the importance of metaphor in human language(s), thought and experience...
How do we construct our knowledge of abstract concepts like justice, free-will, or time that we cant...
How do we construct our knowledge of abstract concepts like justice, free-will, or time that we cant...
Metaphors are all around us; they are the paintbrush with which our world is created. Though we do n...
In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Andrew Goatly looks at how we use metaphor to communicate m...
In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Andrew Goatly looks at how we use metaphor to communicate m...
Metaphors are symbols that people use to describe things differently. They are found in all language...
In the field of human experience and meaning-making, metaphor occupies a very well-trodden cabbage p...
Showing how metaphors are used to talk about entities, relations and attributes in one domain by dra...
The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-ar...
This article explores how different languages use metaphors to convey complex ideas and emotions. Th...
Once you start looking for them, metaphors seem to appear everywhere, even in the most pedestrian pl...
The present paper shows the development of the concept of metaphor sinceAristotle’s first definition...
Languages around the world use a recurring strategy to discuss abstract concepts: describe them meta...
The question about the relationship between language and culture arises in philosophy, psychology an...