Copyright

Katrin Kohl; Marianna Bolognesi; Ana Werkmann Horvat

Published On

2020-05-20

Page Range

pp. 25-46

Print 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.