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Conceptual Metaphor Theory Meets the Data
Ekaterina Shutova · Barry Devereux ·
Anna Korhonen
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Abstract Metaphor makes our thoughts more vivid and fills our communica-
tion with richer imagery. Furthermore, according to the Conceptual Metaphor
Theory (CMT) of [26], metaphor also plays an important structural role in
the organization and processing of conceptual knowledge. According to this
account, the phenomenon of metaphor is not restricted to similarity-based
extensions of meanings of individual words, but instead involves activating
fixed mappings that reconceptualize one whole area of experience in terms
of another. CMT produced a significant resonance in the fields of philoso-
Ekaterina Shutova
Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, William Gates Building, 15 JJ Thomson
Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FD, UK.
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E-mail: Ekaterina.Shutov[email protected]
Barry Devereux
Centre for Speech, Language and the Brain, Department of Experimental Psychology, Uni-
versity of Cambridge.
E-mail: [email protected]
Anna Korhonen
Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, William Gates Building, 15 JJ Thomson
Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FD, UK.
E-mail: [email protected]