People often think, feel, and behave metaphorically according to conceptual metaphor theory. There are normative sources of support for this theory, but individual differences have received scant attention. This is surprising because people are likely to differ in the frequency with which they use metaphors and therefore the frequency with which they experience the costs and benefits of metapho...

In this paper, we explore how supply chain theorists can engage with metaphorical imagination to develop theory. Our main purpose was provide additional useful guidance on scholars approach the method of metaphoric transfer. To do this, build previous work transfer and Metaphoric Transfer Pathways framework. The framework offers two novel approaches working metaphors that will help best leverag...

This paper reports research on Spanish temporal expressions. The analyzed phrases include a common temporal expression for a period of years reinforced by an adverb of time. We found that some of those phrases are agerelated expressions. We analyzed a sample obtained from the Internet to determine the local context where the age-related meaning is unmistakable. We present the results for 21 sel...

Temporal language is often couched in spatial metaphors. English has been claimed to have two space-time metaphoric systems: the ego-moving metaphor, wherein the observer’s context progresses along the time-line towards the future, and the time-moving metaphor, wherein time is conceived of as a river or conveyor belt on which events are moving from the future to the past. In three experiments, ...

Some researches indicate that the right hemisphere (RH) has a unique role in comprehending the figurative meaning of metaphors whereas the results of other studies do not support the notion of a selective role for the RH in accessing metaphorical meanings. The present research used fMRI technology to test a theoretical explanation of the above conflicting findings. This theoretical account is d...

One of the most important features of health care is to be able to follow a patient’s progress over time and identify events in a temporal order. We describe initial steps in creating resources for automatic temporal reasoning of Swedish medical text. As a first step, we focus on the identification of temporal expressions by exploiting existing resources and systems available for English. We ad...