# Metaphor is my co-pilot: How the literal and metaphorical rely on the same type of knowledge

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The piece argues that literal and metaphorical utterances both depend on contextual knowledge and mappings between conceptual domains.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 6 August 2010

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2010/08/metaphor-is-my-co-pilot-how-the-literal-and-metaphorical-rely-on-the-same-type-of-knowledge/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 6 August 2010
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, language-meaning, cognition.

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