Metaphor (Semantics)

Metaphor Sites:

The Metaphor and Metonymy Group The Metaphor and Metonymy Group: Resources for figurative language research: abstracts, conferences, a mailing list, links, articles and reviews. (Metaphor) http://www.psyc.leeds.ac.uk/research/metaphor/ Metaphors as Messengers Metaphors as Messengers: PhD research by Brendan Larson at UCSB, exploring the role of metaphors in communication between biological science and society. (Metaphor) http://www.es.ucsb.edu/faculty/larson/ Goodman's Theory of Metaphor Goodman's Theory of Metaphor: A debate on Nelson Goodman's theory of metaphor, started by Jonathan Cohen's essay 'Nominalism and Transference'. (Metaphor) http://csmaclab-www.uchicago.edu/philosophyProject/goodman/goodman_met.html The Darmok Dictionary The Darmok Dictionary: Analysis of 'Darmok', episode 102 from the science-fiction TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation, about 'the Children of Tama', whose language consists entirely of historical metaphors. (Metaphor) http://www.chaparraltree.com/sflang/darmok.shtml Sci-Phi Pilot: A Language of Metaphors Sci-Phi Pilot: A Language of Metaphors: How to build metaphors and how to use metaphors as learning tools. (Metaphor) http://knowgramming.com/metaphors Hamburg Metaphor Database Hamburg Metaphor Database: Metaphors collected by master students and documented in their theses, organized by semantic fields. (Metaphor) http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/metaphern/index_en.html Veale, Tony Veale, Tony: Articles on metaphor, analogy and creativity, a computational model and a metaphor encyclopedia. (Metaphor) http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~tonyv/ Turner, Mark Turner, Mark: Expert in cognitive metaphor, conceptual blending and other areas of communication and creativity. Book descriptions, selected articles and links. (Metaphor) http://markturner.org/ Metaphor: From Plato to the Postmodernists Metaphor: From Plato to the Postmodernists: Explores the role of metaphor in Plato's texts, postmodernist works, culture, and technology. (Metaphor) http://www.victorianweb.org/cpace/theory/seidel/homepage.html Metaphors and Computers Metaphors and Computers: Review of J.H. Martin's computational metaphor interpretation model MIDAS. (Metaphor) http://www.univie.ac.at/Wissenschaftstheorie/srb/srb/metaphorscomp.html Hypotheses Revisited: The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor Applied to Religious Texts Hypotheses Revisited: The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor Applied to Religious Texts: Article by Olaf Jäkel in metaphorik.de. Summarizes the cognitive theory of metaphor in nine hypotheses. These are seen to be corroborated by an analysis of biblical journey metaphors, although the validity of the 'invariance hypothesis' is questioned. (Metaphor) http://www.metaphorik.de/02/jaekel.htm Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis: This paper examines some of the metaphors that have evolved as we have incorporated computer technology into our lives. (Metaphor) http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/metaphor.html The Frequency of Original Metaphors in Literary and Nonliterary Texts The Frequency of Original Metaphors in Literary and Nonliterary Texts: Presentation of an undergraduate's research, with reference to concreteness, conventionality and implicit formulation. (Metaphor) http://www.woordenboer.nl/metafoor/abstract.htm From Icon to Metaphor From Icon to Metaphor: Abstract of Orly Goldwasser's book 'From Icon to Metaphor: Studies in the Semiotics of the Hieroglyphs'. (Metaphor) http://www.cogweb.ucla.edu/Abstracts/Goldwasser_95.html Tracking the fate of the metaphor silent spring in British environmental discourse: Towards an evolutionary ecology of metaphor Tracking the fate of the metaphor silent spring in British environmental discourse: Towards an evolutionary ecology of metaphor: Article in metaphorik.de by Brigitte Nehrlich. (Metaphor) http://www.metaphorik.de/04/nerlich.htm Forceville, Charles Forceville, Charles: Cognitive linguist with a special interest in visual metaphors. (Metaphor) http://www.semioticon.com/people/forceville.htm Barnden, John - ATT-Meta Project Barnden, John - ATT-Meta Project: Research project which simulates reasoning about mental states and metaphor in a rule-based system. Various papers and a metaphor databank. (Metaphor) http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~jab/ATT-Meta/ Conceptual Metaphor Home Page Conceptual Metaphor Home Page: Catalogue of common metaphors maintained by George Lakoff. (Metaphor) http://cogsci.berkeley.edu/lakoff/ Notes Towards the Analysis of Metaphor Notes Towards the Analysis of Metaphor: Two strategies for a systematic procedure to reconstruct metaphorical concepts and metaphorical reasoning in everyday language. (Metaphor) http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-00/1-00schmitt-e.htm Analogy, Metaphor, and Integration Analogy, Metaphor, and Integration: A series of talks and discussions at UCSD in 1998, by Gilles Fauconnier, Douglas Hofstadter, Ray Gibbs, George Lakoff, and others. (Metaphor) http://cogsci.ucsd.edu/~faucon/secondp.html Wikipedia - Metaphor Wikipedia - Metaphor: Definitions and examples of metaphor, simile, dead metaphors and mixed metaphors. (Metaphor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor Metaphor in Scientific Thinking Metaphor in Scientific Thinking: Overview of computer scientist Ray Paton's metaphor research, with links and a bibliography. (Metaphor) http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~rcp/metaphor.html Metaphor and Symbol Metaphor and Symbol: Scholarly journal. Abstracts from recent issues and one free sample issue. (Metaphor) http://www.catchword.com/erlbaum/10926488/contp1-1.htm metaphorik.de metaphorik.de: Online journal on metaphor and metonymy. Published twice a year. Articles and reviews in German, English, and French. (Metaphor) http://www.metaphorik.de/english/english.htm