A metaphor analysis of older adults` lived experience of household isolation during covid-19

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    People produce more metaphors when describing intense emotional experiences than when describing actions (Fainsilber and Ortony, 1987) and they generate more novel metaphors when writing about their own emotional experiences than when writing about the feelings of others (Williams-Whitney et_al, 1992). Studying the metaphors that people use in emotionally difficult situations is a powerful tool for identifying the ways in which people experience and respond to those situations (Littlemore and Turner, 2019a,b; Turner et_al, 2020). The strength of the effect has been found to vary considerably depending on the positioning of the . . .

     

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