Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The problem of identifying metaphor in conceptual metaphor theory -- 1.1 The problem of data in conceptual metaphor theory -- 1.2 Metaphor as semantic intuition -- 1.3 Problems of metaphor identification -- 1.3.1 How can metaphor intuition be represented? -- 1.3.2 How does metaphor intuition function? -- 1.4 Conclusion -- 2 Data collection in metaphor research: old problems and new approaches -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The application of introspective-intuitive data collection and its problems -- 2.2.1 The ways of the application of intuition in the theory of conceptual metaphor -- 2.2.2 Problems of introspective-intuitive data collection -- 2.2.3 Summary: The problems of data collection based on metalinguistic intuition -- 2.3 More recent methods of metaphor identification -- 2.3.1 Steenʼs five-step model: an attempt to explicate the introspective intuitive approach -- 2.3.2 Quantitative corpus-based methods -- 2.3.3 Automated methods -- 2.4 Summary and perspectives: The demand for the combination of data and methods -- 3 Principles of integrating psycolinguistic experiments in metaphor research -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Setting the problem: The narrow interpretation of psycholinguistic experiments -- 3.3 The psycholinguistic experiments -- 3.3.1 TIME experiments -- 3.3.2 Nonverbal TIME experiments -- 3.3.3 DESIRE IS HUNGER - Primary metaphor experiments -- 3.4 Summary: The necessity and possibilities of revision -- 3.5 Beyond the present paper -- 4 Hybrid theories in contemporary cognitive metaphor research -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The classical version of conceptual metaphor theory -- 4.2.1 Basic assumptions of traditional conceptual metaphor theory -- 4.3 The traditional relevance theoretic approach -- 4.3.1 Basic notions of relevance theory -- 4.3.2 Carstonʼs theory of ad hoc concepts.

4.3.3 Summary: The traditional relevance theoretic conception of metaphor -- 4.4 The problem of connectability -- 4.5 The hybrid theory of Tendahl -- 4.5.1 The conceptual apparatus of Tendahl's hybrid theory -- 4.5.2 Analyses: Love is a jail. -- 4.5.3 Advantages of the hybrid theory -- 4.6 Concluding remarks.