Barnden, John - ATT-Meta Project
Research project which simulates reasoning about mental states and metaphor in a rule-based system. Various papers and a metaphor databank.
Cyberspace is a Parallel World, a Metaphor Analysis
This paper examines some of the metaphors that have evolved as we have incorporated computer technology into our lives.
From Icon to Metaphor
Abstract of Orly Goldwasser's book 'From Icon to Metaphor: Studies in the Semiotics of the Hieroglyphs'.
Metaphor and Symbol
Scholarly journal. Abstracts from recent issues and one free sample issue.
Metaphor: From Plato to the Postmodernists
Explores the role of metaphor in Plato's texts, postmodernist works, culture, and technology.
Notes Towards the Analysis of Metaphor
Two strategies for a systematic procedure to reconstruct metaphorical concepts and metaphorical reasoning in everyday language.
Olson Zaltman Associates
A research and consulting firm which uses the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) to reveal the consumers' subconscious motivation.
Sci-Phi Pilot: A Language of Metaphors
How to build metaphors and how to use metaphors as learning tools.
Turner, Mark
Expert in cognitive metaphor, conceptual blending and other areas of communication and creativity. Book descriptions, selected articles and links.
Wikipedia - Metaphor
Definitions and examples of metaphor, simile, dead metaphors and mixed metaphors.