# 3 burning issues in the study of metaphor

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2018-11-07-3-burning-issues-in-the-study-of-metaphor

The piece identifies unresolved questions about deliberate and automatic metaphor processing, the relation between textual and conceptual metaphor, and variation in figurative understanding.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 7 November 2018

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/11/3-burning-issues-in-the-study-of-metaphor/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 7 November 2018
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, cognitive-linguistics, language, cognition.

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