In this article, the author uses the extended metaphor of a garden to visualize her classroom and examine her practice as a language teacher

In this article, we set out, first, a general overview of metaphor and metaphorical thought research within cognitive psychology and developmental psychology. We claim that, although research efforts broadened perspectives ...

When a word is used metaphorically (for example “walrus” in the sentence “The president is a walrus”), some features of that word’s meaning (“very fat,” “slow-moving”) are carried across to the metaphoric interpretation ...

Results from a narrow set of empirical studies suggest that blind individuals' comprehension of metaphorical expressions does not differ from that of sighted participants. However, prominent accounts of metaphor comprehension ...

The use of metaphoric language has grown in prevalence in recent years. Frontline organizations have become 'magical kingdoms': ethereal places where image and substance rarely coincide, and where metaphors turn into ...

This article presents, in its fundamental aspect, the theory of language of American pragmatist Richard Rorty, its construction from the reception and interpretation of Donald Davidson's linguistic philosophy and his ...