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Katrin Kohl; Marianna Bolognesi; Ana Werkmann HorvatPublished On
2020-05-20Page Range
pp. 25-46Print Length
21 pages
1. The Creative Power of Metaphor
Chapter of: Creative Multilingualism: A Manifesto (pp. 25–46)
Chapter 1 looks at processes of figurative language in the interplay between thought and language from the vantage point of cognitive linguistics, exploring how different languages give their speakers different perspectives on the world through the way metaphors shape even the most fundamental concepts, such as time.