Ursula Christmann
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ursula Christmann is involved.
Articles
2022 Do metaphors make opinions? An empirical study on the effect of metaphorical framing on the opinion on surrogacy Metaphor and the Social World 12:1, pp. 92–114 | Article
Introduction: A frame makes specific information about a topic more salient. Metaphors can be used as frames to influence people’s opinions on controversial political topics as well as on health-related topics. This study aims to determine the influence of metaphorical frames on the opinion… read more
2016 Non-conventional figurative language as aesthetics of everyday communication Metaphor and the Social World 6:2, pp. 243–275 | Article
This study focuses on the emotional aesthetic appreciation of figurative language, a dimension which has often been neglected in experimental psycholinguistics. Our goal was to demonstrate that non-conventional figurative utterances are evaluated as more aesthetically pleasing although they are… read more
2011 The aesthetic paradox in processing conventional and non-conventional metaphors: A reaction time study Scientific Study of Literature 1:2, pp. 199–240 | Article
This study focuses on the relationship between cognitive effort and aesthetic-emotional evaluation in the processing of conventional and non-conventional metaphors. We postulate that an increased cognitive load — which is normally perceived as stressful — is evaluated positively when processing… read more