User talk:Tylerkibbey

Hi Tyler,

I am not too familiar with cognitive linguistics, but metaphors are a part of my research, so I do hope that my comments will help.

The introduction is clear and concisely leads into the definition(s) of conceptual metaphors. I especially appreciated the links "conceptual blending" and "ideasthesia," terms that are not only synonyms, but provide further reading into a connected topic.

I wonder if the last paragraph of the introduction could be expanded? The ideas of conceptual metaphors being linguistically employed to explain and understand high theories and models seem particularly important in and out of academia. Perhaps a more concrete example? (I am biased here because I am using metaphors to describe theories in my dissertation, often equating them to codes.) For instance, science fiction was once filled with conceptual metaphors, but in recent years, engineers have used these abstract ideas to create tangible apparatuses. I'm sure SF doesn't fit with this specific article, though. But, overall, I really like the tone of the introduction.

Also neat is the 'Linguistics and Politics' section. I am specifically interested in the intersections/interactions between metaphors and political activism. I know a lot of Women's and Gender Studies scholars often use strong imagery and metaphors to write/discuss/comment on social justice issues. Your sentence about the ontological ideology is interesting, and I can see more development and discourses on how changing ontological states are connected to changing conceptual metaphors. The last sections are well-written and I think they can be developed more. There's so many ideas!

I enjoyed reading this page.

Typing.nguyen (talk) 19:02, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Typing.nguyen (talk) 18:55, 15 August 2018 (UTC)Kathy

Copying from Wikipedia
Hi! I wanted to let you know that when you copy material from one article to another, you should make a note of this in the edit summary so you can attribute the work to the article in question. On a side note, be careful of persuasive language like "thus", since it can come across like you're trying to argue a specific point or that it's your own research, even if this isn't the case. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:24, 22 August 2018 (UTC)