Figurative Thought and Language

Editors

Angeliki Athanasiadou | Aristotle University | angathenl.auth.gr

Herbert L. Colston | University of Alberta | colstonualberta.ca

This book series is peer reviewed and indexed in: Book Citation Index (BCI )* ; Dimensions ; Scopus

The aim of the series is to publish theoretical and empirical research on Figuration broadly construed. Contributions to the study of metaphor, metonymy, irony, hyperbole, understatement, idioms, proverbs and other understudied figures as well as figurative blends will be considered. Works on figuration in gesture and multi-modal expression, embodiment and figuration, pragmatic effects of figurativity and other topics relevant to the production, use, processing, comprehension, scope, underpinnings and theoretical accounts involving figuration, will also be considered.

The broad scope of the series is envisioned to afford multiple approaches to figurative processes from a variety of perspectives, but to present them collectively, enabling cross-fertilization of ongoing and future research. Perspectives include: cognitive scientific, philosophical, psychological (cognitive, social, developmental, clinical, embodied, etc.), linguistic, social (cultural, ideological, commercial, etc.), pedagogical and others. The potential variety of included methods is also broad: among others lexicogrammatical, discourse analytic, corpus-based, experimental, observational and neurological.

Volumes in the series may be collective works, monographs and reference books, in the English language.

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ISSN: 2405-6944

https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl

Volumes

22	Thinking Politically: Cognitive linguistic insights into political discourse Edited by Anastasios Vogiatzis Expected March 2027. viii, 329 pp. + index
21	At the Crossroads of Historical and Cognitive Linguistics Edited by Anna Rogos-Hebda and Heli Tissari 2026. vii, 288 pp.
20	The Rhetorical Mind: Current issues Edited by Maria Clotilde Almeida, Rodrigo Furtado and Olga Blanco Carrión 2025. vi, 198 pp.
19	What makes a Figure: Rethinking figurativity Edited by Herbert L. Colston 2025. vi, 322 pp.
18	Fictive questions in the Zhuangzi: A cognitive rhetorical study Mingjian Xiang 2023. xiii, 206 pp.
17	Figurativity and Human Ecology Edited by Alexandra Bagasheva, Bozhil Hristov and Nelly Tincheva 2022. vi, 307 pp.
16	Figurative Thought and Language in Action Edited by Mario Brdar and Rita Brdar Szabó 2022. vi, 287 pp.
15	Poetic Metaphors: Creativity and interpretation Carina Rasse 2022. xvii, 190 pp.
14	Figuring out Figuration: A cognitive linguistic account María Sandra Peña-Cervel and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez 2022. ix, 296 pp.
13	The Multimodal Performance of Conversational Humor Elisa Gironzetti 2022. xix, 235 pp.
12	Modeling Irony: A cognitive-pragmatic account Inés Lozano-Palacio and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez 2022. ix, 173 pp.
11	Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage Edited by Augusto Soares da Silva 2021. xii, 442 pp.
10	Producing Figurative Expression: Theoretical, experimental and practical perspectives Edited by John Barnden and Andrew Gargett 2020. viii, 549 pp.
9	Figurative Meaning Construction in Thought and Language Edited by Annalisa Baicchi 2020. vii, 311 pp.
8	Relevance Theory, Figuration, and Continuity in Pragmatics Edited by Agnieszka Piskorska 2020. vii, 357 pp.
7	Performing Metaphoric Creativity across Modes and Contexts Edited by Laura Hidalgo-Downing and Blanca Kraljevic Mujic 2020. xi, 346 pp.
6	How Metaphors Guide, Teach and Popularize Science Edited by Anke Beger and Thomas H. Smith 2020. vi, 332 pp.
5	Drawing Attention to Metaphor: Case studies across time periods, cultures and modalities Edited by Camilla Di Biase-Dyson and Markus Egg 2020. v, 265 pp.
4	Event Structure Metaphors through the Body: Translation from English to American Sign Language Daniel R. Roush 2018. xv, 224 pp.
3	The Poetics of Time – Metaphors and Blends in Language and Literature Anna Piata 2018. xviii, 206 pp.
2	Multimodal Metaphor and Metonymy in Advertising Paula Pérez-Sobrino 2017. vii, 232 pp.
1	Irony in Language Use and Communication Edited by Angeliki Athanasiadou and Herbert L. Colston 2017. x, 282 pp.