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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Theories of Individual and Collective Learning - Metaphors and Images for Organizational Learning. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Metaphors. | Jul 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: U of A Open Textbooks - Metaphor: A Language Power Technique - Metaphor. | May 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - A Word in Your Ear - A Word in Your Ear: Metaphors. | Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - inding the Right Metaphor: Restructuring, Realigning, and Repackaging Todays Research Libraries (PDF). | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago - The Chicago School of Media Theory - Metaphor-Metonymy. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Grammatical metaphors in English (PDF). | Jan 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Theories of Individual and Collective Learning - Metaphors and Images for Organizational Learning. | Nov 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Notes on Metaphor (PDF). | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Analyzing visual metaphor and metonymy to understand creativity in fashion. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - Metaphors for life that can fit your journey. | Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - Metaphors for life that can fit your journey. | Jul 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palni Press - Metaphor: Connection by Likeness. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Metaphor and Phenomenology. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Culture - The words that help us understand the world. | May 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Metaphor. | Feb 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oregon State University - College of Liberal Arts - What is a Metaphor? | Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Metaphor. | Apr 01, 2016 | ||
| Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Metaphor. | Nov 18, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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