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Dead Metaphor

Dead Metaphor is an academic concept in visual metaphor theory denoting a metaphorical expression so conventionalized through prolonged use that its figurative meaning has become literal, thereby losing its original rhetorical force and imaginative impact.

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Publications

1.8K

Citations

71

Authors

38

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

Variants

Frozen Metaphor

Parents

Publications

57

Killing a novel metaphor and reviving a dead one: ERP correlates of metaphor conventionalization

Abraham Goldstein, Yossi Arzouan, Miriam Faust · Brain and Language · 2012 · 130 citations

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The Death of Dead Metaphor

George Lakoff · Metaphor and Symbolic Activity · 1987 · 108 citations · Full text

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The Language of Death: Euphemism and Conceptual Metaphorization in Victorian Obituaries

Eliecer Crespo‐Fernández · SKY journal of linguistics · 2006 · 94 citations

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Metaphor, idiom and ideology: the search for ‘no smoking guns’ across time

Michael Billig, Katie MacMillan · Discourse & Society · 2005 · 79 citations

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Metaphors dead and alive, sleeping and waking: a dynamic view

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 78 citations

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Authors

71

  1. EC
    Eliecer Crespo‐Fernández

    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

    3 publications · 141 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. FA
    Frances Armstrong

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. EK
    E. K. Borthwick

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. MB
    Michael Billig

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 79 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. CC
    Cristina Cacciari

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

    1 publications · 47 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

38

  1. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  3. University of Castilla-La Mancha

    Ciudad Real, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  4. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. DePaul University

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Mortality

    3 publications · 71 citations

    3

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  2. The Journal of Hellenic Studies

    2 publications · 86 citations

    2

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  3. Literature and medicine

    2 publications · 78 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. International Journal of Linguistics

    IJL · 1 publications · 18 citations

    1

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  5. SKY journal of linguistics

    1 publications · 94 citations

    1

    h-index

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