How ordinary people understand extraordinary metaphors

Artwork by Kate Vrijmoet: http://katevrijmoet.com/blog/diving-into-the-wreck/

Here is a blog I wrote for MetNet Scandinavia based on some recent work in Cognitive Poetics.

MetNet Scandinavia is a group of metaphor researchers located in Scandinavia or doing work along Scandinavian themes. Check out their blog to learn more about resisting metaphor, Swedish love metaphors, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Metaphors and more!

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This work was done in collaboration with Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.