David Ritchie
Biographic Data
| ID | 5556959 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Ritchie |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Ritchie |
| SIGNATURE | RITCHIE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4816-113X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Piloting a cancer awareness app across six European countries
Background Cancer remains a significant public health challenge in Europe, accounting for over 22% of global cancer cases. Mobile health applications may help to increase the awareness of cancer risks and preventive behaviors. However, usability barriers and disparities in digital health literacy (DHL) may limit their impact. Objective This study evaluated the usability of the EU Mobile App for Cancer Prevention and changes in cancer awareness as…
The relationship between pop music and lyrics
The majority of research on music aesthetics treats music and lyrics as discrete entities, despite the artistic imperative that they should relate to one another in some way. This research computer analyzed both the music and lyrics of the songs to have reached the weekly UK top five singles chart from January 1999 to December 2013 ( N = 1,414). The findings indicate that the typicality of a given set of lyrics relative to the corpus as a whole w…
The authors respond to “Informed decision-making and breast cancer screening
How is informed decision-making about breast cancer screening addressed in Europe? An international survey of 28 countries
Reclaiming a unified American narrative
As part of an on-going project to apply metaphor analysis to understanding the cultural polarization that has recently obstructed discourse about political and cultural issues in both the United States and Europe, this essay examines the lexical, grammatical, and story metaphors in a recent editorial column, by conservative columnist Ross Douthat, that also focuses on this topic. In a key section of the essay, Douthat uses a blend of complex gram…
Frame-Shifting in Humor and Irony
Coulson's (2001) analysis of humor as "frame-shifting" is extended to irony and compared to other current theories of humor and irony, including Giora's (2003) graded salience model. It is argued that the effects of humor and irony often depend on a subversive relationship between the initial and alternative frames, which adds to both cognitive and social meaning; understanding these effects requires consideration of the expansion of common groun…
Metaphors in Conversational Context
The model proposed in this article merges the cognitive and social elements of metaphor use and interpretation in the cognitive representation of mutual cognitive environment (Sperber & Wilson, 1986/1995) or common ground (Clark, 1996). The proposed principle of metaphor interpretation is based on the interaction of both vehicle and topic with the common ground. Because common ground is inherently problematic, it is rarely accurate to discuss "th…
Common Ground in Metaphor Theory
Although Vervaeke and Kennedy (this issue) made many useful and interesting points in this and previous articles, much of their response was based on a serious misunderstanding of my own writings. Rather than engage in a point-by-point clarification, I examine the origins of the misunderstanding in a difference between our respective approaches to theorizing and a consequent breakdown of common ground, the mutual cognitive representation of our s…
"Argument Is War" -or Is It a Game of Chess? Multiple Meanings in the Analysis of Implicit Metaphors
Both Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and Vervaeke and Kennedy (1996), in their critique of Lakoff and Johnson, drew narrowly from a broad range of reasonable interpretations of the metaphors they analyzed. Expanding the interpretations vitiates many of Vervaeke and Kennedy's criticisms, but it supports their call for an open interpretation of groups of metaphors and points toward a more complex elaboration of the theories put forth by Lakoff and Johnso…
Statistical Probability as a Metaphor for Epistemological Probability
The metaphor, "epistemological probability is statistical probability" is traced to the origins of probability theory. Related metaphors appear both in everyday discourse about social processes, and in social scientific argumentation, often disguised as literal claims. Gambling provides a familiar vehicle for expressing the uncertainties associated with social interactions, and with social science research. Examples are drawn from reports of rese…
Categories and Similarities
Theories of metaphor comprehension that rely on category assignment based on common characteristics (Keysar & Glucksberg, 1992), a comparison between characteristics or relationships of source and target (Chiappe & Kennedy, 2001), or a mapping of characteristics or relationships from source to target (Gentner & Bowdle, 2001) are inherently circular, since these comparisons, mappings, or categories usually make sense only after the underlying meta…
Monastery or Economic Enterprise
Two opposing metaphors of higher education are identified and discussed. The first, "KNOWLEDGE IS AN ECONOMIC GOOD" and "ACADEMIC ACTIVITY IS ECONOMIC PRODUCTION," appeals to business leaders, politicians, and career-minded students. The second, "UNIVERSITY AS MONASTIC COMMUNITY," related to the "UNIVERSITY AS COMMUNITY" metaphor discussed by Batstone (2000), can be identified with the medieval origins of the university and appeals to tradition-m…
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Monastery or Economic Enterprise
Two opposing metaphors of higher education are identified and discussed. The first, "KNOWLEDGE IS AN ECONOMIC GOOD" and "ACADEMIC ACTIVITY IS ECONOMIC PRODUCTION," appeals to business leaders, politicians, and career-minded students. The second, "UNIVERSITY AS MONASTIC COMMUNITY," related to the "UNIVERSITY AS COMMUNITY" metaphor discussed by Batstone (2000), can be identified with the medieval origins of the university and appeals to tradition-m…
"Argument Is War" -or Is It a Game of Chess? Multiple Meanings in the Analysis of Implicit Metaphors
Both Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and Vervaeke and Kennedy (1996), in their critique of Lakoff and Johnson, drew narrowly from a broad range of reasonable interpretations of the metaphors they analyzed. Expanding the interpretations vitiates many of Vervaeke and Kennedy's criticisms, but it supports their call for an open interpretation of groups of metaphors and points toward a more complex elaboration of the theories put forth by Lakoff and Johnso…
Statistical Probability as a Metaphor for Epistemological Probability
The metaphor, "epistemological probability is statistical probability" is traced to the origins of probability theory. Related metaphors appear both in everyday discourse about social processes, and in social scientific argumentation, often disguised as literal claims. Gambling provides a familiar vehicle for expressing the uncertainties associated with social interactions, and with social science research. Examples are drawn from reports of rese…
Categories and Similarities
Theories of metaphor comprehension that rely on category assignment based on common characteristics (Keysar & Glucksberg, 1992), a comparison between characteristics or relationships of source and target (Chiappe & Kennedy, 2001), or a mapping of characteristics or relationships from source to target (Gentner & Bowdle, 2001) are inherently circular, since these comparisons, mappings, or categories usually make sense only after the underlying meta…
Metaphors in Conversational Context
The model proposed in this article merges the cognitive and social elements of metaphor use and interpretation in the cognitive representation of mutual cognitive environment (Sperber & Wilson, 1986/1995) or common ground (Clark, 1996). The proposed principle of metaphor interpretation is based on the interaction of both vehicle and topic with the common ground. Because common ground is inherently problematic, it is rarely accurate to discuss "th…
Common Ground in Metaphor Theory
Although Vervaeke and Kennedy (this issue) made many useful and interesting points in this and previous articles, much of their response was based on a serious misunderstanding of my own writings. Rather than engage in a point-by-point clarification, I examine the origins of the misunderstanding in a difference between our respective approaches to theorizing and a consequent breakdown of common ground, the mutual cognitive representation of our s…
Frame-Shifting in Humor and Irony
Coulson's (2001) analysis of humor as "frame-shifting" is extended to irony and compared to other current theories of humor and irony, including Giora's (2003) graded salience model. It is argued that the effects of humor and irony often depend on a subversive relationship between the initial and alternative frames, which adds to both cognitive and social meaning; understanding these effects requires consideration of the expansion of common groun…
Reclaiming a unified American narrative
As part of an on-going project to apply metaphor analysis to understanding the cultural polarization that has recently obstructed discourse about political and cultural issues in both the United States and Europe, this essay examines the lexical, grammatical, and story metaphors in a recent editorial column, by conservative columnist Ross Douthat, that also focuses on this topic. In a key section of the essay, Douthat uses a blend of complex gram…
How is informed decision-making about breast cancer screening addressed in Europe? An international survey of 28 countries
The relationship between pop music and lyrics
The majority of research on music aesthetics treats music and lyrics as discrete entities, despite the artistic imperative that they should relate to one another in some way. This research computer analyzed both the music and lyrics of the songs to have reached the weekly UK top five singles chart from January 1999 to December 2013 ( N = 1,414). The findings indicate that the typicality of a given set of lyrics relative to the corpus as a whole w…
The authors respond to “Informed decision-making and breast cancer screening
Piloting a cancer awareness app across six European countries
Background Cancer remains a significant public health challenge in Europe, accounting for over 22% of global cancer cases. Mobile health applications may help to increase the awareness of cancer risks and preventive behaviors. However, usability barriers and disparities in digital health literacy (DHL) may limit their impact. Objective This study evaluated the usability of the EU Mobile App for Cancer Prevention and changes in cancer awareness as…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Metaphor (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Cognition (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (3 works)