Hamad
@al-azary.bsky.social
Cognitive Science of Metaphor and Concepts.
Psychology Professor.
Psychology Professor.
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Confs: 9th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language
Confs: 9th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language
The 9th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language (FTL9) continues the tradition of regular forums for the discussion of links between figurative thought and language established in Thessaloniki (2014), Pavia (2015), Osijek (2017), Braga (2018), Sofia (2020), Poznań (2022), Genoa (2023), and Klagenfurt (2025).
FTL9 will focus on the theme Blending Minds and Machines: Figurative Language, Creativity, AI, and Computational Linguistics.
This edition aims to explore how figur
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November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Confs: 9th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language
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Books: Linguistic Synesthesia: Winter and Strik-Lievers (2025)
Books: Linguistic Synesthesia: Winter and Strik-Lievers (2025)
Linguistic synesthesias combine different senses, as in English smooth melody (touch→sound). For nearly a century, researchers have gathered data that has been interpreted as supporting the notion of a hierarchical ordering of the senses. According to this proposal, expressions map the presumed-to-be 'lower' senses of touch, taste, and smell onto the presumed-to-be 'higher' senses of sound and sight. Here, this proposal is tested in the first-ever meta-analysis of linguistic synesthesias, combin
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August 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Books: Linguistic Synesthesia: Winter and Strik-Lievers (2025)
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We got to play our new climate metaphor card game at this year's Researching and Applying Metaphor conference! Thank you @raammetaphor.bsky.social for yet another awesome conference, and all you awesome participants for joining the fun ☺️
Free print & play version coming soon!
Free print & play version coming soon!
August 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
We got to play our new climate metaphor card game at this year's Researching and Applying Metaphor conference! Thank you @raammetaphor.bsky.social for yet another awesome conference, and all you awesome participants for joining the fun ☺️
Free print & play version coming soon!
Free print & play version coming soon!
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Immensely enriched and grateful after the RaAM 17 conference @raammetaphor.bsky.social. A really high quality programme and impeccable organisation. Delighted to present our work in individual papers and a theme session with Rafael Alejo, @mmartingilete.bsky.social and Laura Fielden.
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Immensely enriched and grateful after the RaAM 17 conference @raammetaphor.bsky.social. A really high quality programme and impeccable organisation. Delighted to present our work in individual papers and a theme session with Rafael Alejo, @mmartingilete.bsky.social and Laura Fielden.
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Our lab at #RaAM2025: Laura Baiocco talked about emotional dimensions of metaphors, Lindsay Krebs talked about student-produced metaphors and science concept learning, Cagatay Cora presented the neural correlates of visual metaphors. Thank the organizers Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social for a great time!
August 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Our lab at #RaAM2025: Laura Baiocco talked about emotional dimensions of metaphors, Lindsay Krebs talked about student-produced metaphors and science concept learning, Cagatay Cora presented the neural correlates of visual metaphors. Thank the organizers Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social for a great time!
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At #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, I was pleased to present, on behalf of our team, one study from the
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
August 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
At #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, I was pleased to present, on behalf of our team, one study from the
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.
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Amber Rynearson and I presented today at @raammetaphor.bsky.social, on our work trying to integrate different frameworks for metaphor identification.
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
August 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Amber Rynearson and I presented today at @raammetaphor.bsky.social, on our work trying to integrate different frameworks for metaphor identification.
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
What a great conference and so well run. Thank you, Hamad @al-azary.bsky.social and team!
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Welcome to day 2 of #RaAM17 🙌
There are so many exciting things happening today, including 3 parallel sessions of talks, a poster session at 1:30pm and a wonderful plenary by @bodowinter.bsky.social
#RaAM2025 #RaAM17
There are so many exciting things happening today, including 3 parallel sessions of talks, a poster session at 1:30pm and a wonderful plenary by @bodowinter.bsky.social
#RaAM2025 #RaAM17
August 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Welcome to day 2 of #RaAM17 🙌
There are so many exciting things happening today, including 3 parallel sessions of talks, a poster session at 1:30pm and a wonderful plenary by @bodowinter.bsky.social
#RaAM2025 #RaAM17
There are so many exciting things happening today, including 3 parallel sessions of talks, a poster session at 1:30pm and a wonderful plenary by @bodowinter.bsky.social
#RaAM2025 #RaAM17
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Ready. Set. Go! Great start to #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social in Southfield Detroit! @al-azary.bsky.social officially opening the conference and Vicky Lai kicking off with the first keynote 🚀
August 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Ready. Set. Go! Great start to #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social in Southfield Detroit! @al-azary.bsky.social officially opening the conference and Vicky Lai kicking off with the first keynote 🚀
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📣 John Benjamins will be present at the 17th Researching & Applying Metaphor Conference (RaAM17), hosted by Lawrence Technological University, 7-10 August!
📚 Check out our promo material and order form here:
👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...
📚 Or come and browse our books at the exhibit!
#raam17
📚 Check out our promo material and order form here:
👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...
📚 Or come and browse our books at the exhibit!
#raam17
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
📣 John Benjamins will be present at the 17th Researching & Applying Metaphor Conference (RaAM17), hosted by Lawrence Technological University, 7-10 August!
📚 Check out our promo material and order form here:
👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...
📚 Or come and browse our books at the exhibit!
#raam17
📚 Check out our promo material and order form here:
👉 benjamins.com/conferences/...
📚 Or come and browse our books at the exhibit!
#raam17
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Just arrived in Detroit for the #RaAM17 conference! Looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting new people, exchanging ideas, and delivering my keynote entitled "Hype, Help, Hindrance? Identifying, analyzing and translating #metaphors with #AI" 🤩 Stay tuned for updates 😎
August 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just arrived in Detroit for the #RaAM17 conference! Looking forward to catching up with old friends, meeting new people, exchanging ideas, and delivering my keynote entitled "Hype, Help, Hindrance? Identifying, analyzing and translating #metaphors with #AI" 🤩 Stay tuned for updates 😎
Special Issue of the Mental Lexicon, "Words in the World"
- co edited by Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan and myself.
This features great psycholinguistics papers produced by trainees around the world! 🌍
- co edited by Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan and myself.
This features great psycholinguistics papers produced by trainees around the world! 🌍
TOC: The Mental Lexicon Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025): iv, 188 pp.2025
Table of Contents
Introduction
Words in the World
Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan & Hamad Al-Azary | pp. 1–5
Articles
A psycholinguistic analysis of clinical list-learning tests
Brette Lansue & Lori Buchanan | pp. 6–24
Tense and…
Table of Contents
Introduction
Words in the World
Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan & Hamad Al-Azary | pp. 1–5
Articles
A psycholinguistic analysis of clinical list-learning tests
Brette Lansue & Lori Buchanan | pp. 6–24
Tense and…
TOC: The Mental Lexicon Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025)
iv, 188 pp.2025
Table of Contents
Introduction
Words in the World
Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan & Hamad Al-Azary | pp. 1–5
Articles
A psycholinguistic analysis of clinical list-learning tests
Brette Lansue & Lori Buchanan | pp. 6–24
Tense and…
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March 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Special Issue of the Mental Lexicon, "Words in the World"
- co edited by Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan and myself.
This features great psycholinguistics papers produced by trainees around the world! 🌍
- co edited by Laura Teddiman, Lori Buchanan and myself.
This features great psycholinguistics papers produced by trainees around the world! 🌍
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I'm very happy to join the metaphor community 👥 at the RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, in Lawrence, MI (US) @al-azary.bsky.social
I will present 🗣️ an @abstractionerc.bsky.social research by @mariannabolog.bsky.social and me about the importance of different levels of abstraction▪️◾◼️ in metaphors!
I will present 🗣️ an @abstractionerc.bsky.social research by @mariannabolog.bsky.social and me about the importance of different levels of abstraction▪️◾◼️ in metaphors!
March 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I'm very happy to join the metaphor community 👥 at the RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, in Lawrence, MI (US) @al-azary.bsky.social
I will present 🗣️ an @abstractionerc.bsky.social research by @mariannabolog.bsky.social and me about the importance of different levels of abstraction▪️◾◼️ in metaphors!
I will present 🗣️ an @abstractionerc.bsky.social research by @mariannabolog.bsky.social and me about the importance of different levels of abstraction▪️◾◼️ in metaphors!
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📢 Exciting news for metaphor researchers!
RaAM 17 is happening in Lawrence, MI (USA), on 7–10 August 2025, and registration is officially OPEN!
Register now in the members' area of RaAM Association website!
🔗 www.raam.org.uk
RaAM 17 is happening in Lawrence, MI (USA), on 7–10 August 2025, and registration is officially OPEN!
Register now in the members' area of RaAM Association website!
🔗 www.raam.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢 Exciting news for metaphor researchers!
RaAM 17 is happening in Lawrence, MI (USA), on 7–10 August 2025, and registration is officially OPEN!
Register now in the members' area of RaAM Association website!
🔗 www.raam.org.uk
RaAM 17 is happening in Lawrence, MI (USA), on 7–10 August 2025, and registration is officially OPEN!
Register now in the members' area of RaAM Association website!
🔗 www.raam.org.uk