The Creative Power of Metaphor Conference output: Metaphor and Creativity

This theme focuses on the connection between metaphor and creativity. It focuses on the differences between understanding creative and non-creative figurative language as well as on the variability found in creativity in metaphors across different languages and cultures. Watch the overview film below to find out more:

On this page, you can find the keynote speech, panel discussion and poster presentations on the theme of Metaphor and Creativity from The Creative Power of Metaphor Conference in March 2019.

You can see a list of further reading on the topic of Metaphor and Creativity here.

You can also view the multimedia output from the other themes explored at the conference: Metaphor and Linguistic DiversityMetaphor and Communication, and Metaphor and Emotion.

Keynote: The Creativity of Negation: On Default Metaphorical, Sarcastic, and Metaphorically Sarcastic Constructions

Speaker: Rachel Giora

This lecture focuses on creative figurativeness prompted by negation, and discusses its variability from a cross-linguistic perspective.

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Creative Power of Metaphor keynote: Rachel Giora

 

Panel discussion on Metaphor and Creativity

Panellists: Elisabeth (Lisa) El Refaie, Giovanni Corazza, Jeannette Littlemore, Paula Pérez Sobrino

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Panel discussion on Metaphor and Creativity

 

Poster presentations: Metaphor and Creativity

Below you can see all the posters which featured in the poster presentation session on the theme of Metaphor and Creativity at the Creative Power of Metaphor Conference in March 2019. You can view the posters in pdf form and watch interviews with the presenters.

 

Elena Isakova and Maxim Isakov: How can metaphors be saved in translation?

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Elena Isakova and Maxim Isakov poster

 

Rafal Jonczyk, Yushuang Liu, Gül E. Kremer, Zahed Siddique & Janet G. van Hell: The effects of creativity training on novel metaphor comprehension: An ERP study

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Rafal Jonczyk poster

 

David O’Reilly: ‘Good’ extensions of re-literalised idioms: Evaluating and comparing the creative productions of L2 and L1 language users.

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David O'Reilly

 

Carina Rasse: Poetic Metaphors: Creativity, Intentionality and Interpretation

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Carina Rasse poster

 

Francesca Strik Lievers: How language structures create sense through metaphor

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Francesca Strik Lievers poster

 

Agnes Virag: Representation of the Hungarian Parliament in Political Cartoons

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Agnes Virag poster

 

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