Highlight publications
Littlemore, J 2019, Metaphors in the mind: Sources of variation in embodied metaphor. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108241441
Littlemore, J 2015, Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in language, thought and communication. Cambridge University Press. <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/cognitive-linguistics/metonymy-hidden-shortcuts-language-thought-and-communication?format=HB&isbn=9781107043626>
Littlemore, J, Deignan, A & Semino, E 2013, Figurative Language, Genre and Register. Cambridge University Press.
Littlemore, J 2009, Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Second Language Learning and Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan.
Littlemore, J & Low, G 2006, Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning. Palgrave Macmillan.
Recent publications
Article
Werkman-Horvat, A, Bolognesi, M, Littlemore, J & Barnden, J 2022, 'Comprehension of different types of novel metaphors in monolinguals and multilinguals', Language and Cognition, pp. 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2022.8
Clarke, M, Littlemore, J, Debelle, G & Taylor, J 2022, 'Exploring child abuse linked to faith or belief (CALFB): diversity and debate', Nursing Children and Young People.
Littlemore, J & Chow, MY 2022, 'Metaphorical conceptualizations of cancer treatment in English and Chinese languages', International journal of language and culture.
Turner, S, Littlemore, J, Taylor, J, Parr, E & Topping, A 2022, 'Metaphors that shape parents’ perceptions of effective communication with healthcare practitioners following child death: a qualitative UK study', BMJ open, vol. 12, no. 1, e054991. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054991
Littlemore, J 2022, 'On the creative use of metonymy', Review of Cognitive Linguistics, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 104–129. https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00103.lit
Turner, S, Littlemore, J, Parr, E, Taylor, J & Topping, A 2022, '‘Lights in the darkness’, Part 1: characterising effective communication with healthcare practitioners following the death of a child', Mortality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2022.2081495
Turner, S, Littlemore, J, Parr, E, Taylor, J & Topping, A 2022, '‘Lights in the darkness’, Part 2: characterising effective communication with professional groups following the death of a child', Mortality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2022.2081496
Littlemore, J, Turner, S, Parr, E, Taylor, J & Topping, A 2021, 'Communicating effectively when helping parents to organise a funeral for their child' Funeral Directors Monthly, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 26-27. <https://nafd.org.uk/news/funeral-director-monthly/>
Austin, L, Littlemore, J, McGuinness, S, Turner, S, Fuller, D & Kuberska, K 2021, 'Effective communication following pregnancy loss: a study in England', Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 175-187. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180120000651
Ford, S, Littlemore, J & Houghton, D 2021, 'Got a spark with brook? Engaging consumers in a sexual health campaign through the use of creative (metaphorical) double entendres' Metaphor and Symbol, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 207-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2021.1913740
Turner, S, Littlemore, J, Parr, E & Taylor, J 2021, 'Maintaining identity is important' SAIF Insight, Journal of the Society of Independent Funeral Directors, vol. 227, pp. 19-19. <https://saifinsight.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SAIFInsight-Jan-2021-web.pdf>
Fritz, I, Kita, S, Littlemore, J & Krott, A 2021, 'Multimodal language processing: How preceding discourse constrains gesture interpretation and affects gesture integration when gestures do not synchronise with semantic affiliates.', Journal of Memory and Language, vol. 117, 104191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2020.104191
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Ford, S & Littlemore, J 2022, Exploring the impact of figurative communication and advertising: reflections on a collaboration between linguistics researchers and a Midlands-based marketing agency. in Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement. Routledge.
Digital or Visual Products
Stone, R, Gilligan, R, Littlemore, J & Hay, J, Empathy in/as creative practice, 2021, Digital or Visual Products. <https://vimeo.com/553429890>
Stone, R, Gilligan, R, Littlemore, J & Hay, J, Empathy with CREAM, 2021, Digital or Visual Products. <https://vimeo.com/549678282>
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