The Metaphor Compass: Directions for Metaphor Research in Language, Cognition, Communication, and Creativity

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Note on the text
Introduction
	References
Part I: Metaphor and linguistic diversity
	Chapter 1: Metaphoric expressions around the world: Variability and motivations
		1.1 Key aspects and open questions: types of metaphoric expressions
		1.2 Research directions: the motivations for metaphor variability
		1.3 Metaphor variability applied: the interesting case of emotion-color associations
		1.4 Summary
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2: Conceptual metaphors around the world: Variability and motivations
		2.1 Key aspects and open questions: the universality of metaphor
		2.2 Research directions: how language drives thought
		2.3 Metaphor variability applied: building cross-linguistic repositories
		2.4 Summary
		Notes
		References
Part II: Metaphor and cognition
	Chapter 3: Meaning variability: Literal and metaphorical meanings
		3.1 Key aspects and open questions: on the status of literal vs. metaphorical meaning
		3.2 Research directions: processing literal vs. metaphorical meaning
		3.3 Metaphor processing applied: understanding literal vs. metaphorical meaning
		3.4 Summary
		References
	Chapter 4: Speakers’ variability: First- vs. second-language speakers processing metaphors
		4.1 Key aspects and open questions: metaphorical competence in L1 and L2/LS
		4.2 Research directions: from the classroom to the lab
		4.3 Metaphor processing applied: L2 vs. L1 speakers use of conventional metaphors
		4.4 Summary
		Notes
		References
Part III: Metaphor and communication
	Chapter 5: Metaphor variability in monomodal and multimodal communication
		5.1 Key aspects and open questions: genres and modes of metaphor expression
		5.2 Research directions: the interpretation of metaphors expressed beyond language
		5.3 Metaphor variability across modes applied: tools for metaphor identification and analysis in still and moving images
		5.4 Summary
		References
	Chapter 6: Metaphor in verbal vs. visual communication
		6.1 Key aspects and open questions: metaphoric pictorial expressions and conceptual metaphors
		6.2 Research directions: on the role of iconicity in constructing metaphors in different semiotic systems
		6.3 Metaphor variability across modes applied: on the deliberateness of metaphors expressed beyond language
		6.4 Summary
		References
Part IV: Metaphor and creativity
	Chapter 7: Creativity and metaphorical thinking and talking
		7.1 Key aspects and open questions: creative thinking
		7.2 Research directions: linguistic creativity and metaphor
		7.3 Variability in creative metaphor applied: mixing idiomatic expressions and novel idioms
		7.4 Summary
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 8: Different ways to be creative with metaphors in language
		8.1 Key aspects and open questions: degrees of creativity
		8.2 Research directions: the effect of creative metaphor
		8.3 Variability in creative metaphor applied: how different groups of speakers comprehend different types of creative metaphoric expressions
		8.4 Summary
		Note
		References
Conclusion
Index