“Metaphoring enables us to keep separate the elements of its domains at the same time we derive new meaning from their projection into a new, blended space.” Blended Book:The Poem as Icon: A Study in Aesthetic Cognition Source: The Poem as Icon: A Study in Aesthetic Cognition
“When one focuses on metaphor as product, problems surface as to whether a metaphor should be considered as a testable model of reality or taken literally when used poetically. On the other hand, focusing on the metaphor as process shows how metaphorising is hierarchical in nature, from the cognitive levels of subliminally sensate to conceptual to linguistic expression.” Metaphorically Book:The Poem as Icon: A Study in Aesthetic Cognition Source: The Poem as Icon: A Study in Aesthetic Cognition