Contact: Ilaria Rizzato, Micaela Rossi, Elisabetta Zurru; Last date for abstract submission: 31/Jan/2019; Keynote speakers: Marc Bonhomme Jonathan Charteris-Black Monika Fludernik Ray Gibbs Zoltan Kovecses Gerard Steen Rita Temmerman Papers are invited on any aspect of metaphor theory and its applications. Conference languages: English, French