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Metaphor and Symbolic Activity is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Categorization, perception, and language, Child and Animal Learning Development.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Metaphor and Symbolic Activity 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition Categorization, perception, and language Child and Animal Learning Development Action Observation and Synchronization Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
ISSN0885-7253
h-index48
i10-index120
Total citations8,010
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Metaphor and Symbolic Activity per year

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Citation impact of Metaphor and Symbolic Activity by publication year

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Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Metaphor and Symbolic Activity

Conceptual Integration and Formal Expression

Mark Tunner, Gilles Fauconnier · 1 Sep 1995

Abstract We pursue our exploration of conceptual blending and of the "many-space" model, which replaces the standard "two-domain" model. In blending, structure from two or more input mental spaces is projected to a separate "blended" space, which inherits partial structure from the inputs and has emergent structure of its own. New examples are presented. We…

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Metaphorical Expressions of Anger and Happiness in English and Chinese

Ning Yu · 1 Jun 1995

Abstract This article presents a comparative study of metaphorical expressions of anger and happiness in English and Chinese. It demonstrates that English and Chinese share the same central conceptual metaphor "ANGER IS HEAT," which then breaks into two sub-versions in both languages. Whereas English has selected "FIRE" and "FLUID" metaphors, Chinese uses "FIRE" and "GAS"…

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Muting the Meaning A Social Function of Irony

Shelly Dews, Ellen Winner · 1 Mar 1995

According to the tinge hypothesis, the evaluative tone of the literal meaning of ironic utterances automatically colors the hearer's perception of the intended meaning. In Experiment 1, participants read short stories that end with either a literal or an ironic insult. Ironic insults are rated as less critical than literal insults, and the ironic speaker…

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Understanding Minds and Metaphors: Insights from the Study of Figurative Language in Autism

Francesca Happé · 1 Dec 1995

This article reviews recent work on autistic individuals' understanding of figurative language. One currently influential theory of autism proposes that the key impairments in imagination, socialization, and communication spring from a fundamental deficit in "theory of mind"--the ability to attribute mental states to self and to others. Autism, then, presents a fascinating test case for…

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Metaphor and Symbolic Activity uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Metaphor and Symbolic Activity 12 (3): 45–58.
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