Metaphor and the Social World
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The journal Metaphor and the Social World aims to provide a forum for researchers to share with each other, and with potential research users, work that explores aspects of metaphor and the social world. The term “social world” signals the importance given to context (of metaphor use), to connections (e.g. across social, cognitive and discourse dimensions of metaphor use), and to communication (between individuals or across social groups). The journal is not restricted to a single disciplinary or theoretical framework but welcomes papers based in a range of theoretical approaches to metaphor, including discourse and cognitive linguistic approaches, provided that the theory adequately supports the empirical work. Metaphor may be dealt with as either a matter of language or of thought, or of both; what matters is that consideration is given to the social and discourse contexts in which metaphor is found. Furthermore, “metaphor” is broadly interpreted and articles are welcomed on metonymy and other types of figurative language. A further aim is to encourage the development of high-quality research methodology using metaphor as an investigative tool, and for investigating the nature of metaphor use, for example multi-modal discourse analytic or corpus linguistic approaches to metaphor data. The journal publishes various types of articles, including reports of empirical studies, key articles accompanied by short responses, reviews and meta-analyses with commentaries. The Forum section publishes short responses to papers or current issues.
MSW publishes its articles Online First.
MSW invites submissions.
Please consult the Guidelines elsewhere on this page for instructions
or contact the editors: a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl, susan.nacey@inn.no and dennis.tay@polyu.edu.hk.
Please consult the Guidelines elsewhere on this page for instructions
or contact the editors: a.g.dorst@hum.leidenuniv.nl, susan.nacey@inn.no and dennis.tay@polyu.edu.hk.
Latest articles
10 January 2023
Metaphors and metonymies in the multimodal discourse of whaling
:
A cross genre comparative study
Yuan Xiaoben
27 September 2022
Metaphors, political knowledge and the basic income debate in Belgium
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An experimental study of the framing impact of metaphors on political representations
Audrey Vandeleene
,
François Randour
,
Jérémy Dodeigne
,
Pauline Heyvaert
,
Thomas Legein
,
Julien Perrez
&
Min Reuchamps
12 August 2022
Individual differences in identifying creative metaphors from video Ads
Molly Xie Pan
&
Dennis Tay
8 August 2022
P. Pérez-Sobrino
. 2017. Multimodal Metaphor and Metonymy in Advertising
Reviewed by
Per Boström
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 354–360
26 July 2022
C. Di Biase-Dyson
&
M. Egg
(Eds). 2020. Drawing Attention to Metaphor
Reviewed by
María Muelas-Gil
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 340–347
14 July 2022
J. Barnden
&
A. Gargett
(Eds.). 2020. Producing Figurative Expression: Theoretical, Experimental and Practical Perspectives
Reviewed by
Britta C. Brugman
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 348–353
21 June 2022
‘As democracy grows’
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Metaphor scenarios for democracy in Nigerian Senate debates of the Fourth Republic
Onwu Inya
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 224–244
7 June 2022
love and beloved metaphors in Jordanian Arabic and English songs
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A cognitive linguistic study
Aseel Zibin
,
Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh
&
Hady Jihad Hamdan
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 318–339
31 May 2022
Enemies or obstacles?
Metaphors of war and journey in mental health discourse
Marta Coll-Florit
&
Salvador Climent
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 181–203
10 May 2022
The persuasive potential of metaphor when framing Mexican migrants and migration
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A comparative study of the US written press
Laurence De Backer
&
Renata Enghels
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 204–223
22 April 2022
Speakers who metaphorize together – argue together
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Interaction between metaphors and arguments as a dynamic discourse phenomenon
Konrad Juszczyk
,
Barbara Konat
&
Małgorzata Fabiszak
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 245–269
21 April 2022
Uncovering the structure of metaphorical lay theories of teaching II
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What do different teaching metaphors imply about students?
Michelle Wong
,
Stephen J. Flusberg
&
Bridgette Martin Hard
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 292–317
24 February 2022
M. Bolognesi
,
M. Brdar
&
K. Despot
(Eds.). 2019. Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age
Reviewed by
Christopher R. Karzmark
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 171–179
21 February 2022
The semiotics of family in Kazakh wedding toasts from the perspective of intercultural communication
Zifa Temirgazina
,
Kanat Rakhimzhanov
,
Marzhan Akosheva
,
Malgorzata Luczyk
,
Nurzhan Kulumzhanov
,
Aigerim Shaharman
&
Razida Zyuldubayeva
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MSW 12:2 (2022) pp. 270–291
11 February 2022
Gestural metaphorical scenarios and coming out narratives
Tomasz Dyrmo
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 23–45
8 February 2022
C. Müller
&
H. Kappelhoff
. 2018. Cinematic Metaphor: Experience–Affectivity–Temporality
Reviewed by
Lorena Bort-Mir
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 165–170
B. Winter
. 2019. Sensory Linguistics: Language, Perception and Metaphor
Reviewed by
Magdalena Zawisławska
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 159–164
7 February 2022
Contested paths
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Analyzing unfolding metaphor usage in a debate between Dawkins and Lennox
Peter Richardson
&
Charles M. Mueller
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 138–158
20 January 2022
Do metaphors make opinions?
An empirical study on the effect of metaphorical framing on the opinion on surrogacy
Margaux Mohnke
,
Ursula Christmann
,
Yannick Roos
&
Chris Thomale
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MSW 12:1 (2022) p. 92
13 December 2021
Socio-pragmatic potential of (verbo)-visual metaphtonymy in Internet memes featuring Donald Trump
Alla Martynyuk
&
Olga Meleshchenko
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 69–91
The affect bias in the metaphorical representation of anticipated events
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The case of approach
Anna Piata
&
Cristina Soriano
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 115–137
23 November 2021
Metaphors of cultural diversity at UNESCO
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Legitimization strategies of a new keyword in institutional discourse
Irit S. Kornblit
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 46–68
1 November 2021
How visual metaphors can contradict verbal occurrences
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A cross-linguistic and multimodal analysis of the
imprint
of climate change
Anaïs Augé
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MSW 12:1 (2022) pp. 1–22
12 October 2021
Second half part of the apple
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Friendship metaphors in second language writing
Katrin Ahlgren
&
Ulrika Magnusson
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 279–301
Answering the charge?
Metaphors about and by Sami in Norwegian textbooks and in Sami witness testimonies
Norunn Askeland
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 302–328
Mashi – this language was in my ears
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Metaphors of ‘language’ in language autobiographies narrated by Congolese migrants in Norway
Anne Golden
&
Guri Steien
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 329–351
The relationship between topic and metaphor in second-language learners’ essays
Anne Golden
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 261–278
Learner translation of metaphor
:
Smooth sailing?
Susan Nacey
&
Siri Fürst Skogmo
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 212–234
Figurative language in multilingual students’ L2 Swedish – a usage-based perspective
Julia Prentice
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 235–260
Afterword
Fiona MacArthur
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 352–359
S. Nacey
,
A. G. Dorst
,
T. Krennmayr
&
W. G. Reijnierse
(Eds.). 2019. Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world
Reviewed by
Camilla Di Biase-Dyson
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 373–381
J. Littlemore
. 2019. Metaphors in the Mind. Sources of Variation in Embodied Metaphor
Reviewed by
Valentina Cuccio
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 367–372
A. Piquer-Píriz
&
R. Alejo-González
(Eds.). 2020. Metaphor in Foreign Language Instruction
Reviewed by
Sally Zacharias
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 360–366
Foreword
:
Metaphor in education – a multilingual perspective
Ana M. Piquer-Píriz
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 191–195
Metaphor in education
:
A multilingual and Scandinavian perspective
Katrin Ahlgren
,
Anne Golden
&
Ulrika Magnusson
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MSW 11:2 (2021) pp. 196–211
Issues
Volume 13 (2023)
Volume 12 (2022)
Volume 11 (2021)
Volume 10 (2020)
Volume 9 (2019)
Volume 8 (2018)
Volume 7 (2017)
Volume 6 (2016)
Volume 5 (2015)
Volume 4 (2014)
Volume 3 (2013)
Volume 2 (2012)
Volume 1 (2011)
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General