Outputs (2)

All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction (2017)
Journal Article

This paper discusses the role of metaphor in describing intense romantic feelings relating to love, lust and desire in American fiction. I propose that ‘passion’ integrates notions of romantic love with the related ideas of ‘lust’ and ‘desire’. Using... Read More about All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction.

Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race (2017)
Book Chapter

This chapter demonstrates how metaphors used in the British parliament show evidence of varying attitudes towards the underlying conceptual metaphors NATION STATES ARE COMPETITORS and LIFE IS A RACE. More generally it shows the ideological motivation... Read More about Competition metaphors & ideology: Life as a race.