Early Birds Can Fly: Awakening the Literal Meaning of Conventional Metaphors Further Downstream

Metaphor and Symbol 38 (4):346-362 (2023)
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When someone says, John is an early bird … and continues so he can fly to the morning classes, attention is being called to the literal meaning of the conventional metaphor early bird—perhaps as a...

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