Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Section 1. General empirical studies, with main focus on metaphor
6. Producing metaphor (and other forms of non-literal language) in the laboratory 37
7. Metaphor and one-off pictures 55
8. Metaphor production and metaphor interpretation 85
9. On the role of perceptual similarity in producing visual metaphors 105
10. Section 2. General empirical studies – other
11. On why people don’t say what they mean 129
12. How nice does it sound? 175
13. How defaultness shapes our language production 211
14. Producing figurative meanings 237
15. The production of verbal irony 263
16. Section 3. Empirical and analytical studies aimed at specific applications
17. Generating metaphors in product design 299
18. Rock bottoms, juggling balls and coalprints 331
19. Figurative production in a computer-mediated discussion forum 363
20. The production of time-related metaphors by people who have experienced pregnancy loss 389
21. Section 4. Other theoretical analysis and cognitive or computational modelling
22. Metaphor generation through context sensitive distributional semantics 421
23. Mind the gap 449
24. Figurative language 469
25. Metaphor as sign and as symbol 511
26. Topic Index 533
27. Author Index 543