We review psychological research bearing on major theories of metaphor comprehension. A
broad survey of behavioral studies is coupled with findings from recent meta-analyses of …

Can lawyers be sharks, can jobs literally be jails, and can dogs fly across lawns? Such
metaphors create novel categories that enable us to characterize the topic of interest. These …

When is language considered'impolite'? Is impolite language only used for anti-social
purposes? Can impolite language be creative? What is the difference between'impoliteness' …

This book examines how people understand utterances that are intended figuratively.
Traditionally, figurative language such as metaphors and idioms has been considered …

How do we learn to produce and comprehend non-literal language? Competing theories
have only partially accounted for the variety of language comprehension evoked in …

A central question in metaphor research is how metaphors establish map**s between
concepts from different domains. The authors propose an evolutionary path based on …

In this study I lest the prevalent Claims among contemporary psycholinguists that
understanding metaphor does not involve a special process, and that it is essentially …

Interpreting Figurative Meaning critically evaluates the recent empirical work from
psycholinguistics and neuroscience examining the successes and difficulties associated …

Metaphor is pervasive in language and thought: in scientific discovery (Gentner 1982;
Gentner and Jeziorski 1993; Gruber 1995; Nersessian 1992), in literature (Gibbs 1994; …

'Metaphor', a form of figurative language in which one thing or idea is expressed in terms of
another, is becoming an increasingly popular area of study, as it is relevant to the work of …