The Many Faces of Creativity: Exploring Synaesthesia Through a Metaphorical Lens

by Sarah Turner

Creative metaphor has been of central interest to the cognitive linguistic research community in recent years. However, little is known about what propels people to use metaphor in a creative way. In this Element, the authors identify and explore some of the clues that synaesthesia may provide to help us better understand the factors that drive creativity, with a particular focus on creative metaphor. They identify the factors that seem to trigger...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108971369
• ISBN13: 9781108971362
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"