Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication

The aim of the series is to publish theoretical and empirical interdisciplinary research on the effective use of metaphor in language and other modalities (including, for instance, visuals) for general or specific cognitive and communicative purposes. The aim of the series is to offer both fundamental and applied contributions to the state of the art. The series also invites proposals for inter-cultural and cross-cultural studies of metaphor in language, cognition, and communication. Room will be given as well to publications on related phenomena, such as analogy, metonymy, irony, and humor, as long as they are approached from a comparable perspective.The scope of the series comprises approaches from the humanities and the social and cognitive sciences, including philosophy, cultural studies, linguistics, cognitive science, communication science, media studies, and discourse analysis. More focused attention may be paid to the role of metaphor in the domains of religion, literature and the arts, the media, politics, organization and management, law, economics, health, education, and science.

Call for Book Proposals

The Editor of the new book series Metaphor in Language, Cognition and Communication invites submissions of book proposals on metaphor from scholars working in the humanities and the cognitive and social sciences. Book manuscripts on related phenomena such as analogy, metonymy, irony and humor may also be proposed, provided they can be seen as related to mainstream interdisciplinary research on metaphor.

Inquiries and submissions can be sent via email to:
(Gj.steenlet.vu.nl)

Or by regular post to:
Prof dr Gerard Steen
Department of Language and Communication
Faculty of Arts
VU University Amsterdam
P.O. Box 7161
1007 MC Amsterdam
Netherlands