Alarm bells. Red flags. A labyrinth. These are just a few of the metaphors that mothers of children with dyslexia use to describe the journey from noticing their child’s literacy challenges to ...

What’s the most persuasive way to convey a message? Many writers say, “Tell a story!” Nothing hooks like narrative. I’ve said so myself. But research shows stories have a rival for hooking power: ...

(1) Humans (for example, artists) have the intention to convey thought to others. This thought is embodied. Conceptual metaphor exemplifies one kind of cognitive mechanism through which this principle ...

Metaphors. Figures of speech which compare one thing with another. They do such great work packaging up all that meaning and knowledge. But metaphors are also terrible traps for the unwary, and being ...

There are millions of people in the world that do not follow politics. However, with the use of sports metaphors, it becomes easier to comprehend the topics and issues being discussed in politics. For ...

The thread that connects the two worlds of law and technology often shows up in the form of simple figures of speech—metaphors—that help lawyers understand and convey the technology they are tasked ...