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Edited by Maria Clotilde Almeida, Rodrigo Furtado and Olga Blanco-Carrión
[Figurative Thought and Language 20] 2025
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An integrated approach to investigate the sociocognitive dimension of meta­phor in use

 | Universidade Federal Fluminense
Published online: 2 September 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ftl.20.02ver
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: Shifting the locus of meta­phor: from language to thought
  • 2.On-line and off-line dimensions of meta­phor in use
  • 3.Situated meta­phors and meta­phoric niches
  • 4.Analysing figurative language and thought in meta­phor niches
  • 5.Final remarks
  • Notes
  • References
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