The many faces of creativity : exploring synaesthesia through a metaphorical lens / Sarah Turner, Jeannette Littlemore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Sarah, author.

Littlemore, Jeannette, author.

Series:

Cambridge Elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics, 2633-3325.

Cambridge Elements. Elements in cognitive linguistics, 2633-3325

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synesthesia.

Creativity (Linguistics).

Metaphor--Psychological aspects.

Metaphor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Creative metaphor has been of central interest to the cognitive linguistic research community in recent years. However, little is known about what propels people to use metaphor in a creative way. In this Element, the authors identify and explore some of the clues that synaesthesia may provide to help us better understand the factors that drive creativity, with a particular focus on creative metaphor. They identify the factors that seem to trigger the production of creative metaphor in synaesthetes, and explore what this can tell us about creativity in the population more generally. Their findings provide insights into the nature of creativity as it relates to metaphor, emotion and embodied experience. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

The Many Faces of Creativity: Exploring Synaesthesia through a Metaphorical Lens

Contents

1 'Tiny Balloons Filled with Mashed Potatoes': What Is Synaesthesia, and What Has It Got to Do with Creativity and Metaphor?

1.1 What Is Synaesthesia and How Does It Relate to Creativity and Metaphor?

1.2 Metaphor and Its Relationship to Synaesthesia

1.3 Synaesthesia and Creative Metaphor

1.4 Synaesthesia, Creative Metaphor and Emotion

1.4.1 Positive and Negative Evaluation

1.5 Synaesthesia, Personification and Empathy

1.6 Bringing It All Together: Our Study

2 'Those Cookies Tasted of Regret … ': How We Investigated Evaluative Descriptions of Sensory Experiences

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Participants

2.3 Procedure

2.4 Characteristics of the Corpus

2.5 Coding Procedure and Scheme

2.5.1 Coding for Response Senses

2.5.2 Coding for Response Types

1. Emotional effects

2. Cognitive effects

3. Physical effects

4. Personification

5. Empathy

6. Value judgements

7. 'Hyperbole'

8. Literal Explanations and Associations

2.5.3 Coding for Metaphor

3 … and Rotting Flesh: How Do Synaesthetes and Non-synaesthetes Evaluate Sensory Experiences? What We Found …

3.1 Introduction

3.2 How Do the Synaesthetes and the Non-synaesthetes Compare with One Another in Terms of the Senses That They Employ in Their Responses?

3.3 How Do the Synaesthetes and the Non-synaesthetes Compare with One Another in Terms of Their Response Types?

3.3.1 Response Types That Were Significantly More Likely to Be Favoured by Synaesthetes

Metaphor

Cognitive Effects

Emotional Effects

Physical Effects

Personification

'Hyperbole'

3.3.2 Response Types That Were More Frequent in the Synaesthetes' Responses but Where the Difference Was Not Statistically Significant.

Empathy

Value Judgements

3.3.3 Response Types That Were Significantly More Likely to Be Favoured by Non-synaesthetes

Literal Responses

3.4 Conclusion

4 'Yeurgh … ': How We Investigated Synaesthetes' and Non-synaesthetes' Responses to Emotion Words and Emotive Expressions, and What We Found

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Investigating Responses to Emotion Words and Emotive Expressions

4.2.1 Emotion Words: Word Association Task

4.3 How Do Synaesthetes and Non-synaesthetes Differ in Their Responses to the Emotion Words WAT?

4.3.1 WAT Responses Significantly More Likely to Be Provided by Synaesthetes, or Only Produced by Synaesthetes

Colour

Scenarios

Synaesthetic Associations

4.3.2 WAT Response Types That Were More Frequent in the Synaesthetes' Data but Where the Difference Was Not Statistically Significant

Nature and Natural Phenomena

People, Body Parts and Facial Expressions

Actions

Physical Objects

4.3.3 WAT Response Types That Were More Frequent in the Non-synaesthetes' Data but Where the Difference Was Not Statistically Significant

Qualities

Physical Sensations

Exclamations and Onomatopoeia

4.3.4 Response Types That Were Significantly More Likely to Be Provided by Non-synaesthetes

Synonyms and Related Emotions

Abstract Concepts

4.4 Conclusion

5 'I Don't Like Looking at Numbers with No Discernible Pattern': Conclusion

References

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Apr 2023).

ISBN:

9781108983525

1108983529

9781108985222

110898522X

9781108974813

1108974813

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access