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[[Presentation Companion Library]] connects the Metaphor Society programme with background articles and questions for comparing sources. | [[Presentation Companion Library]] connects the Metaphor Society programme with background articles and questions for comparing sources. | ||
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| + | == Research and free reading == | ||
| + | * [[Metaphor Research Library]] - a curated guide to books, papers, dissertations, historical texts and official recordings | ||
| + | * [[Metaphor and Reasoning]] - framing experiments, a critical follow-up and questions for evaluating evidence | ||
| + | * [[Metaphor in Literature and Creativity]] - sensory language, context, creative extensions and reader studies | ||
| + | * [[Metaphor in Therapeutic Conversation]] - patient accounts, therapist perspectives and the study of dialogue | ||
| + | * [[Joseph Campbell]] - comparative mythology, functions of myth and official listening and reading | ||
== Browse further == | == Browse further == | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 5 October 2026
Browse background material on metaphor, language and related ideas. Metaphor Categories describes linguistic types of metaphor; Subject index organises this library by subject.
Starting points
- About Metaphors of Movement
- Metaphor Categories
- Situational Relational Positioning
- Embodied Cognition
- Idiomatic, Literal and Figurative Communication
- Metaphor Across Languages and Cultures - wording, imagery, translation and context
- Metaphors of Emotion
- Beyond Simple Metaphor
- Metaphors of Movement
Language and ideas
- Linguistic References
- Semiotics
- Archetypes
- The Hero's Journey
- Steganography
- The Golden Bough
- Common Idioms that Originate from the Bible
- Biblical Idioms
- Onomatopoeia
- Palindromes
- Characteristica Universalis
- Word Play
- Parental Threats
- The Ontological Argument
- Gottfried Leibniz Ontological Proof
The illustrated Comparative Metaphor Library connects these background ideas with sourced expressions and literary examples.
- Being Stuck: Barriers, Loops and Waiting - obstruction, repetition, effort and arrival
- Agency and Motion: Moving and Being Moved - propulsion, direction and control
- Inside and Outside: Shelter, Confinement and Belonging - boundaries, access and membership
Reading alongside presentations
Presentation Companion Library connects the Metaphor Society programme with background articles and questions for comparing sources.
Research and free reading
- Metaphor Research Library - a curated guide to books, papers, dissertations, historical texts and official recordings
- Metaphor and Reasoning - framing experiments, a critical follow-up and questions for evaluating evidence
- Metaphor in Literature and Creativity - sensory language, context, creative extensions and reader studies
- Metaphor in Therapeutic Conversation - patient accounts, therapist perspectives and the study of dialogue
- Joseph Campbell - comparative mythology, functions of myth and official listening and reading