Metaphors in the Mind : Sources of Variation in Embodied Metaphor
- Submitting institution
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The University of Birmingham
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 77244512
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1017/9781108241441
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781108403986
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- In this 117,000-word monograph, Littlemore identifies and then examines in depth the myriad factors that shape people’s experiences of embodied metaphor, thus challenging the conventional wisdom that embodied metaphors are universal. The data are drawn from a wide range of disciplines (linguistics, anthropology, cognitive science, medicine, education and psychology). Littlemore’s own studies employ a wide range of research methods including behavioural studies, reaction-time studies, observation studies, corpus linguistics, and discourse analysis. The data used in these studies was gathered from populations that are difficult to access, including primary school children, people who have experienced pregnancy loss, and people with synaesthesia.
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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