Niamh A O''Dowd
Biographic Data
| ID | 1631753 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niamh A O''Dowd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niamh A |
| FAMILY NAME | O''Dowd |
| SIGNATURE | DOWD N A O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0643-0664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Looking back on the metaphor-metonymy divide
Recent research suggests more overlaps between metaphor and metonymy than is often suggested by theoretical and applied studies, which can frequently tend towards cleanly identifying between these figurative operations and presenting a neat set of (quantitative) results. However, differentiating between metaphor and metonymy in real-world contexts is notoriously tricky, and often leaves researchers in a position that demands choosing one or the o…
The Framing Effects of Metaphor and Metonymy in Multimodal Campaigns About Plastic Pollution
The use of metaphor and metonymy in social awareness campaigns has been shown as an effective strategy to evoke emotional reactions in the audience and influence behavior change. Using authentic campaign discourse, this study investigated how two multimodal, figurative representations of plastic pollution (plastic pollution is war on nature and plastic pollution is usurpation of marine life) influenced participants’ responses to solutions-oriente…
The potential of creative uses of metonymy for climate protest
This paper develops the notion of metonymy scenarios by exploring the social and cognitive dimensions of various creative uses of metonymy in a collection of digital banners created for the Global Climate Strike movement. The paper argues that the banners exploit existing metonymic relationships to activate dominant anthropocentric discourses in society, and to subvert them via processes of recontextualisation and reappropriation, in order to cha…
Our earth, it's like it's in a toaster
Code Red for Humanity
Concern for global warming, climate change and pollution has grown in recent years, with countries across the world facing natural disasters on unprecedented scales. The communication of environmental protection is therefore a necessary area of enquiry, especially from a Conceptual Metaphor Theory perspective. The present article explores (1) how the themes of global warming, climate change, pollution and activism are conceptualized in a corpus o…
The potential of creative uses of metonymy for climate protest
This paper develops the notion of metonymy scenarios by exploring the social and cognitive dimensions of various creative uses of metonymy in a collection of digital banners created for the Global Climate Strike movement. The paper argues that the banners exploit existing metonymic relationships to activate dominant anthropocentric discourses in society, and to subvert them via processes of recontextualisation and reappropriation, in order to cha…
Code Red for Humanity
Concern for global warming, climate change and pollution has grown in recent years, with countries across the world facing natural disasters on unprecedented scales. The communication of environmental protection is therefore a necessary area of enquiry, especially from a Conceptual Metaphor Theory perspective. The present article explores (1) how the themes of global warming, climate change, pollution and activism are conceptualized in a corpus o…
The potential of creative uses of metonymy for climate protest
This paper develops the notion of metonymy scenarios by exploring the social and cognitive dimensions of various creative uses of metonymy in a collection of digital banners created for the Global Climate Strike movement. The paper argues that the banners exploit existing metonymic relationships to activate dominant anthropocentric discourses in society, and to subvert them via processes of recontextualisation and reappropriation, in order to cha…
Our earth, it's like it's in a toaster
Looking back on the metaphor-metonymy divide
Recent research suggests more overlaps between metaphor and metonymy than is often suggested by theoretical and applied studies, which can frequently tend towards cleanly identifying between these figurative operations and presenting a neat set of (quantitative) results. However, differentiating between metaphor and metonymy in real-world contexts is notoriously tricky, and often leaves researchers in a position that demands choosing one or the o…
The Framing Effects of Metaphor and Metonymy in Multimodal Campaigns About Plastic Pollution
The use of metaphor and metonymy in social awareness campaigns has been shown as an effective strategy to evoke emotional reactions in the audience and influence behavior change. Using authentic campaign discourse, this study investigated how two multimodal, figurative representations of plastic pollution (plastic pollution is war on nature and plastic pollution is usurpation of marine life) influenced participants’ responses to solutions-oriente…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Metaphor (4 works) · Metonymy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Humor Studies and Applications (2 works)