Chicks Dig Metaphors

A metaphor is a glorious thing
A diamond ring
The first day of summer
A metaphor is a breath of fresh air
A turn-on
An aphrodisiac

--Sparks
"Metaphor" <----- CLICK HERE

[OPEN IN NEW TAB OR WINDOW AND LISTEN WHILE READING]

Chris at Mixing Memory has reposted an excellent series on metaphor:

Metaphor I: A Brief History of Metaphors in Cognitive Science

Metaphor II: "Metaphor Is Like Analogy"

Don't don't don't don't
Don't mix them

We we we
Won't mix them

--ibid

Alternate perspectives from Cognitive Linguistics can be found here:

Gilles Fauconnier

Blending and Conceptual Integration

Conceptual Blending

And of course from the name that Chris dare not type: Lakoff

[Honestly, Chris, what do you have against the man? Never mind.]


EVERYBODY NOW!
DANCING IS REQUIRED!

Chicks dig dig
d-i-g
dig dig metaphors

--ibid

[but maybe he's getting to Cognitive Linguistics... oh look, yes he does]

Metaphor III: Metaphor Is Categorization

Use them wisely
Use them well
And you'll never know the hell
Of loneliness

--ibid