The Personality of Vegetables
Botanical Metaphors for Human Characteristics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19280485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Sommer (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 665-683 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1988.tb00471.x |
| OpenAlex | W2134625592 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
A dictionary search indicated that fruit and vegetable metaphors for human characteristics were relatively infrequent When used, they were more likely to describe physical than personality attributes, often with euphemistic overtones, and fruit metaphors reflected more favorable characteristics than did vegetable metaphors These findings were confirmed in a semantic analysis of fruit, vegetable, and animal terms
Cognitive psychology · Personality · Animal and Plant Science Education · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |