Metaphor Compass

The Metaphor Compass: Directions for Metaphor Research in Language, Cognition, Communication, and Creativity provides a roadmap to navigate the recent findings and cutting-edge research conducted around the world on metaphor, focusing on the following four themes: Metaphor and Linguistic Diversity, Metaphor and Cognition, Metaphor and Communication, and Metaphor and Creativity.The research presented in this book employs a variety of empirical methods, ranging from neuroimaging to corpus analyses and from behavioral experimentation to computational modeling. Divided into four parts, it offers an array of pedagogical material including activities at the ends of the chapters to help the reader to consolidate the notions discussed in the chapter.This is a useful resource for students, researchers, and scholars of linguistics, communication, anthropology, psychology, and cognitive science looking to learn about figurative language and creativity.

This book is a real tour de force. It provides an excellent, detailed and thought-provoking account of how and why metaphor use varies across different speakers and across languages. It provides interesting insights into the nature of creative metaphor and the relationship it has with creative thinking more generally. A must-read for metaphor researchers and students.Jeannette Littlemore, University of Birmingham, UK

Marianna Bolognesi is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, and past Research Associate for the Creative Multilingualism project in the Department of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, UK.Ana Werkmann Horvat is an Assistant Professor at the University of Osijek, Croatia, and past Research Associate for the Creative Multilingualism project in the Department of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, UK.