For more on metaphor and communication see here:
Boeynaems A., Burgers C., Konijn E., Steen G. (2017). The effects of metaphorical framing on political persuasion: A systematic literature review. Metaphor and Symbol, 32 (2), 118-134.
Bolognesi, M., Vernillo, P. (2019). How abstract concepts emerge from metaphorical images: The metonymic way. Language and Communication 69, 26-41.
Bolognesi M., Strik-Lievers F. (2019). How language and image construct synaesthetic metaphors in print advertising. Visual Communication.
Burgers C., Konijn, E., Steen G. (2016). Figurative Framing: Shaping Public Discourse Through Metaphor, Hyperbole, and Irony. Communication Theory, 26, 410-430.
Colston, H. L. (2015). Using figurative language. Cambridge University Press.
Gibbs R. & Franks H. (2002). Embodied Metaphor in Women’s Narratives about their Experiences with Cancer. Health Communication 14, 139-165.
Koller V., Kopf S., Miglbauer M. (2019). Discourses of Brexit. London: Routledge.
Musolff, A., Pagani, MacArthur (Eds.) (2014). Metaphor and Intercultural Communication. Bloomsbury Academic.
Semino, E., Demjen, Z., & Demmen, J. E. (2018). An integrated approach to metaphor and framing in cognition, discourse and practice, with an application to metaphors for cancer. Applied Linguistics, 39(5), 625-645. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amw028
Stampoulidis, G., Bolognesi, M., Zlatev, J. (2019). A Cognitive Semiotic Exploration of Metaphors in Greek Street Art. Cognitive Semiotics 12, 1.