Abstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk about moving
through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through space, allowing us to'look …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

Metaphors help us understand abstract concepts, emotions, and social relations through the
concrete experience of our own bodies. Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), which …

This chapter discusses and reflects on the contributions in the “metaphor analysis in
multimodal discourse” part of the current book, and sketches developments and challenges …

This chapter presents an approach that aims at analyzing embodied gestalts of rich narrative
meanings in movies and television series in terms of audiovisual metaphors. By …

Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) claims that human beings can only understand
abstract, complex phenomena by metaphorizing them in terms of concrete, more basic …

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Only recently, the broad research program of embodied cognition has fuelled a substantial
and ongoing body of research at the crossroads of cognitive science and film studies. Two …

Cognitive linguists have argued that metaphors are anchored in our embodied experiences.
Cultural, linguistic, and gestural representations are often seen as reflections of underlying …

Moving toward a place and manipulating objects are probably the most important
manifestations of goal-oriented actions. Both selfpropelled motion toward a destination and …