[…] Dictionary Blog. Check out Stan Carey’s piece, Depending on metaphor, and my contribution, Metaphors in mind. Who knows what flowers may spring from April’s metaphorical […]
[…] metaphorical English month over on the Macmillan Dictionary blog, and reading James Geary’s post Metaphors in Mind set me thinking about my own application of metaphors and how I use them to manipulate you, my dear […]
Good advice is: Mind your metaphors and watch your ps and qs, there’s perhaps no better advice for a young man (other than, don’t grow old too young), But at least the “mind your metaphors…” advice is demonstrably practical, although no one has ever bothered to say so to me, perhaps because nobody has thought up a good metaphor for it.
Terrific post! I followed the link and found those Stanford studies fascinating. Thank you! Metaphors make up our minds indeed. We need to be developing more ways to explore them in our classes.
[…] Dictionary Blog. Check out Stan Carey’s piece, Depending on metaphor, and my contribution, Metaphors in mind. Who knows what flowers may spring from April’s metaphorical […]
[…] metaphorical English month over on the Macmillan Dictionary blog, and reading James Geary’s post Metaphors in Mind set me thinking about my own application of metaphors and how I use them to manipulate you, my dear […]
Good advice is: Mind your metaphors and watch your ps and qs, there’s perhaps no better advice for a young man (other than, don’t grow old too young), But at least the “mind your metaphors…” advice is demonstrably practical, although no one has ever bothered to say so to me, perhaps because nobody has thought up a good metaphor for it.
Terrific post! I followed the link and found those Stanford studies fascinating. Thank you! Metaphors make up our minds indeed. We need to be developing more ways to explore them in our classes.