All Stories

  1. Metaphors for ‘good’ and ‘bad’ deaths

    Article • Metaphor and the Social World, July 2022, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino

  2. Corpus linguistics and clinical psychology

    Article • International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, April 2022, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino

  3. The #ReframeCovid initiative

    Article • Metaphor and the Social World, September 2021, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino, Dr Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Dr Paula Pérez-Sobrino

  4. Cancer as a Metaphor

    Article • Metaphor and Symbol, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Elena Semino, Amanda Potts

  5. Metaphor framing and distress in lived-experience accounts of voice-hearing

    Article • Psychosis, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Elena Semino

  6. Emotional Implications of Metaphor: Consequences of Metaphor Framing for Mindset about Cancer

    Article • Metaphor and Symbol, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Elena Semino

  7. Healthcare professionals' online use of violence metaphors for care at the end of life in the US: a corpus-based comparison with the UK

    Article • Corpora, April 2017, Edinburgh University Press

    Professor Elena Semino, Amanda Potts

  8. Face attack in Italian politics

    Article • Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, December 2016, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino, Dr Maria M. Bortoluzzi

  9. A computer-assisted study of the use of Violence metaphors for cancer and end of life by patients, family carers and health professionals

    Article • International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, August 2015, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino, Dr Paul Rayson

  10. The adaptation of metaphors across genres

    Article • Review of Cognitive Linguistics, July 2011, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino

  11. Unrealistic scenarios, metaphorical blends and rhetorical strategies across genres

    Article • English Text Construction, October 2010, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino

  12. Cognitive Stylistics

    Article • November 2002, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino, Professor Jonathan Culpeper

  13. Constructing witches and spells

    Article • Journal of Historical Pragmatics, May 2000, John Benjamins

    Professor Elena Semino, Professor Jonathan Culpeper