# How we use metaphors

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2013-04-13-how-we-use-metaphors

The piece classifies metaphor use by cognitive, social, and textual functions and by degrees of salience and recoverability.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 13 April 2013

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2013/04/how-we-use-metaphors/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 13 April 2013
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, metaphor-analysis, discourse, linguistics.

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