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Preface to first edition Preface List of contributors 1. Metaphor, language and thought ANDREW ORTONY Part I. Metaphor and Meaning: 2. More about metaphor Max Black Figurative speech and linguistics Jerrold M. Saddock The semantics of metaphor L. Jonathan Cohen Some problems with the notion of literal meanings David E. Rumelhart Metaphor John R. Searle Language, concepts, and worlds: Three domains of metaphor Samuel R. Levin Observations on the pragmatics of metaphor Jerry L. Morgan Part II. Metaphor and Representation: Generative metaphor: A perspective on problem-setting in social policy Donald A. Schon The conduit metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language Michael J. Reddy The contemporary theory of metaphor George Lakoff Process and products in making sense of tropes Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr Metaphor, induction, and social policy: The Convergence of macroscopic and microscopic views Robert J. Sternberg, Roger Tourangeau, and Georgia Part III. Metaphor and Understanding: Psychological processes in metaphor comprehension and memory Allan Paivio and Mary Walsh The interpretation of novel metaphors Bruce Fraser The role of similarity in similes and metaphors Andrew Ortony Images and models, Similes and Metaphors George A. Miller How Metaphors Work Sam Glucksberg and Boaz Keysar Metaphor and irony: two levels of understanding Ellen Winner and Howard Gardner Part IV. Metaphor and Science: The shift from metaphor to analogy in western science Dedre Gentner and Michael Jeziorski Metaphor and theory change: What is 'metaphor' a metaphor for? Richard Boyd Metaphor in science Thomas S. Kuhn Metaphorical imprecision and the 'top-down' research strategy Zenon W. Pylyshyn Part V. Metaphor and Education: The instructive metaphor: metaphoric aids to students' understanding of science Richard E. Mayer Metaphor and learning Hugh G. Petrie and Rebecca S. Oshlag Learning without metaphor Thomas F. Green Educational uses of metaphor Thomas G. Sticht References Index.