Understanding metaphor raises key questions about the relationship between language and meaning, and between language and mind. This book explores how this unde

Explores the physical, psychological and social factors that shape the way in which people engage with embodied metaphor, including, for example, the shape of o

This book explores theories and pedagogies in the L2 classroom that have led to an understanding of how non-native languages are taught and learned. Featuring a

The contributions in this volume go beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor complementing it in a number of relevant ways. Some of the papers argue for a mor

This collection of papers presents some recent trends in metaphor studies that propose new directions of research on the embodied cognition perspective. The ove