Current challenges in metaphor research
Edited by Nina Julich-Warpakowski and Paula Pérez-Sobrino
Special issue of Metaphor and the Social World 13:1 (2023) vi, 143 pp.
Nina Julich-Warpakowski
List of John Benjamins publications in which Nina Julich-Warpakowski is involved.
Titles
Motion Metaphors in Music Criticism: An empirical investigation of their conceptual motivation and their metaphoricity
Nina Julich-Warpakowski
The book explores (1) the motivation of motion expressions in Western classical music criticism in terms of conceptual metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999) in two corpus studies, and (2) their perceived degree of metaphoricity among musicians and non-musicians in a rating study. The results… read more[Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 10] 2022. xiii, 247 pp.
2025 Chapter 4. Multimodal meaning-making in opera: Metaphors at the intersection οf text, music, and images in Wagner’s Lohengrin What makes a Figure: Rethinking figurativity, Colston, Herbert L. (ed.), pp. 98–122 | Chapter
The aim of the present chapter is to explore opera as a multimodal piece of art comprising three modalities: the written libretto (verbal mode), the music score (music mode), and the staging based on the scenical directions provided in the libretto (visual mode). We investigate the extent to… read more
2023 Introduction: Current challenges in metaphor research Current challenges in metaphor research, Julich-Warpakowski, Nina and Paula Pérez-Sobrino (eds.), pp. 1–15 | Introduction
Metaphor research has witnessed tremendous changes in how metaphor is seen and understood. Traditionally, metaphor has been viewed as a special, creative, and noticeable use of language. Lakoff and Johnson’s Conceptual Metaphor Theory (1980) has marked a cognitive revolution by viewing metaphor… read more
2023 Zooming in on the notion of metaphoricity: Notions, dimensions, and operationalizations Current challenges in metaphor research, Julich-Warpakowski, Nina and Paula Pérez-Sobrino (eds.), pp. 16–36 | Article
The present contribution addresses the notion of metaphoricity and discusses different positions in relation to this complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon. Generally, the notion of metaphoricity is used when metaphor is not considered a binary category anymore, or when the status of an… read more
2019 Chapter 9. Why do we understand music as moving? The metaphorical basis of musical motion revisited Perception Metaphors, Speed, Laura J., Carolyn O'Meara, Lila San Roque and Asifa Majid (eds.), pp. 165–184 | Chapter
Although musical structure is commonly perceived as moving, its motivation remains a debated issue. Conceptual Metaphor Theory approaches assume that musical motion is motivated by conceptual metaphors like time is motion and change is motion. The current study aims to investigate whether these… read more