Figurative Thought and Language Series

9 primary works • 9 total works
The aim of the series is to publish theoretical and empirical research on Figuration broadly construed. Contributions to the study of metaphor, metonymy, irony, hyperbole, understatement, idioms, proverbs and other understudied figures as well as figurative blends will be considered. Works on figuration in gesture and multi-modal expression, embodi…

Book 1

Irony in Language Use and Communication
The volume provides original research and analyses…
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Book 2

Multimodal Metaphor and Metonymy in Advertising
Metaphor and metonymy appeal to us because they ev…
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Book 3

The Poetics of Time – Metaphors and Blends in Language and Literature
How does the concept of time, elusive and inconcei…
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Book 4

Event Structure Metaphors through the Body: Translation from English to American Sign Language
How do the experiences of people who have differen…
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Book 5

Drawing Attention to Metaphor
The communicative act of drawing attention to meta…
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Book 6

How Metaphors Guide, Teach and Popularize Science
Metaphors are essential to scientists themselves a…
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Book 7

Performing Metaphoric Creativity Across Modes and Contexts
The creative potentiality of metaphor is one of th…
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Book 8

Relevance Theory, Figuration, and Continuity in Pragmatics
The chapters in this volume apply the methodology …
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Book 9

Figurative Meaning Construction in Thought and Language
This volume brings together twelve usage-based stu…
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