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The role of metaphor in communication and thought

Language and Linguistics Compass, 2019
Metaphor is pervasive in everyday communication. It is known to help people understand complex topics, communicate efficiently, and influence others. In this paper, we provide a review of the literature on the utility of metaphor, describing key findings
P. Thibodeau, T. Matlock, S. Flusberg
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Playful Metaphors

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 2003
The inner world of the child is a community of archetypes potentially available for the child's healthy ego development. Many forces limit and prohibit their utility. Play therapy in the context of a hypnotic relationship can potentiate these archetypes into becoming "playful metaphors" for healing and strengthening ego development.
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Metaphor Comprehension: A Critical Review of Theories and Evidence

Psychological bulletin, 2018
We review psychological research bearing on major theories of metaphor comprehension. A broad survey of behavioral studies is coupled with findings from recent meta-analyses of neuroimaging studies of metaphor processing.
K. Holyoak, Dusan Stamenkovic
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NURSING AS METAPHOR

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1983
For some time now we have been curious about the reactions of people we meet socially to being told, "I am a nurse." First reactions to this statement include the comment, "I never met a nurse soci...
C, Fagin, D, Diers
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Metaphor and emotion

Cognitive Linguistic Studies, 2018
The objective of current research article is to examine the metaphorical concepts of emotion anger in conventionalized phraseological expressions or phraseologisms (pls) of Hindi.1 It aims to find out the extent to which conceptual metaphor motivate ...
S. Sharma
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Visualization Metaphors

Programming and Computer Software, 2001
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The “Metaphor” Metaphor

2017
Abstract This chapter revisits Gareth Morgan’s seminal book Images of Organization and considers its main thesis—that organizations have no essence, but we can bring out their features through the metaphorical lenses we see them through—in the context of pragmatist-hermeneutical philosophy.
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Metaphorically Speaking . . .

Nursing Science Quarterly, 2012
Metaphors are thought to provide a means to better understand phenomena. Metaphors have been found to be helpful in communication, nursing, nursing research, and as a pedagogical tool in the teaching-learning environment. This column briefly discusses metaphors and introduces a column which offers a unique use of metaphors in nursing education.
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Leadership metaphors

Leadership in Health Services, 2016
Purpose This paper aims to suggest that the language typically used about leadership in healthcare tells us something important about how we see it. Design/methodology/approach Three main metaphors currently adopted for healthcare leadership purposes are explored – military, sporting and finance.
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Multiple metaphors in metaphoric gesturing

2019 8th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII), 2019
The use of metaphoric gestures by speakers has long been known to influence thought in the viewer. What is less clear is the extent to which the expression of multiple metaphors in a single gesture reliably affect viewer interpretation. Additionally, gestures which express only one metaphor are not sufficient to explain the broad array of metaphoric ...
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