Timeline

Notable events of the project so far...

2019

February 11

Latest research published in Metaphor and Symbol

2018

August 1

Latest research published in Journal of Pragmatics

2017

December 11

Our book “Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life: A Corpus-Based Study” was published by Routledge.

July 1

Latest research published in Metaphor: Embodied Cognition and Discourse

April 1

Latest research published in Corpora

March 1

Latest research published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care

2016

October 12

New Scientist reported on our work alongside a review of the London musical called A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer

September 20

Latest research publihed in Applied Linguistics

August 1

Latest in research published in Journal of Pragmatics

May 9

Latest research published in Metaphor and the Social World

2015

December 16

Our blog post about “Laughing at Cancer: Humorous metaphors online” appeared on the European Association for Palliative Care website.

September 1

We are collaborating with the Metaphors in palliative cancer care project at Linnaeus University in Sweden which is using the MELC metholodogy.

August 1

Our latest paper appeared in International Journal of Corpus Linguistics.

March 1

Our latest paper has appeared in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, see our publications page.

2014

November 11

Elena Semino appeared on Newstalk Radio, Ireland (listen again, minutes 48-57) and Veronika Koller was interviewed by ecancer at NCRI 2014

November 4

The LU News story Battle metaphors for cancer can be harmful was widely reported in UK newspapers (Independent and Times), European newspapers/news sites Dutch Telegraaf, Romanian news and Belgian news site), Health/cancer websites (Health Canal and Teenagers and

July 4

Latest research published in Discourse Studies

2013

July 1

Latest research published in Leidfaden