Guest Speaker to Discuss Metaphors Clusters in Speech, Comprehension

Daniel Corts, associate professor of Psychology at Augustana College, will speak on "Metaphor Clusters in Speech Production and Comprehension" at 2 p.m. Friday, March 20, in DeGarmo Hall room 48 at Illinois State University.  Admission is free and open to the public.

Corts' talk is part of the Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences Colloquium presented by the ISU Department of Psychology.

Historically, metaphors have been treated as ornamental linguistic translations that simply dress up literal language. The cognitive linguistic movement of the past 30 years provides an alternative perspective-- one that treats metaphor as a fundamental property of cognition rather than a fanciful language phenomenon. This talk will present data showing that, like birds of a feather, metaphors flock together in speech and gesture. Corts will explore how this finding supports the cognitive linguistic approach and its implications for experimental approaches to figurative language comprehension.